Awards & Recognitions

Lightcast received multiple business, design and marketing awards – both for its websites, as well as its innovation and products. We would like to share a few of them here with you:

Best Contemporary Media Streaming Provider 2024

Lightcast.com has been recognized as the "Best Contemporary Media Streaming Provider of 2024" by Acquisition International. This esteemed award underscores our unwavering commitment to innovation and reliability in the over-the-top (OTT) streaming industry. Our comprehensive video streaming platform, powered by the award-winning "Media Cloud," offers unparalleled media hosting, management, and distribution capabilities. This recognition reaffirms the trust our clients and partners place in our solutions and motivates us to continue advancing OTT technology in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Awards Article: https://acquisitioninternational.digital/casting-a-light-on-successful-streaming/

Award: Best Contemporary Media Streaming Provider 2024

The Most Reliable OTT Solutions Provider in 2024

Lightcast was recognized by Enterprise Wired for our innovation and reliability in delivering cutting-edge OTT solutions. This award highlights our commitment to providing a dependable and scalable video hosting and streaming platform, powered by the award-winning "Media Cloud”, that empower organizations globally to seamlessly stream their content across various devices and platforms.

Awards Article: https://enterprisewired.com/most-reliable-ott-solution-provider-in-2024/

Award: The Most Reliable OTT Solution Provider To Watch in 2024

Streaming Media Award 2023 - Top 100 Company

We are proud to announce that Lightcast.com was voted again one of the Top 100 companies in the Streaming Media Universe.

The Top 100 are the "cream of the crop" - the most important, most innovative and most influential companies providing streaming and OTT technologies, products and services - steering the online video industry. The award is presented by StreamingMedia.com - the premier online destination for professionals and corporations utilizing digital media technology.

Award: Streaming Media Top 100 Company

Customer Loyalty Champion 2023

We are excited to announce that Lightcast.com was awarded “Customer Loyalty Champion 2023” by Nicereply.

Nicereply is a customer experience management platform used to measure Customer Satisfaction, Customer Effort Score and Net Promoter Score.

More about Nicereply: https://www.nicereply.com/

Thank you to all our customers who took the time to share their experience about Lightcast's services and our customer support. Every single feedback is important to us on our journey to reach excellence. We dedicate this award to all our account managers, customer success teams, product development and most importantly to our customers who we serve!

Award: Customer Loyalty Champion 2023

The Chief’s Digest Award 2023 - 10 Smartest Companies to Watch 2023

We are proud to announce that Lightcast.com was awarded one of 10 Smartest Companies to Watch in 2023.

The listing, "10 Smartest Companies to Watch 2023”, exhibits the fast-changing persona of how a company is thinking smartly to thrive in the digitized workplace.

Here is a link to the digital version:

https://thechiefsdigest.com/lightcast-com-the-all-in-one-ott-platform-for-media-distribution-automation/

Award: 10 Smartest Companies to Watch 2023

Lightcast.com named “5 Best App Development Companies to Watch”

The Silicon Review - one of the world’s most trusted online and print magazine for business & technology professionals - named Lightcast.com one of the “5 Best App Development Companies to Watch”. Read more about it in their February 2023 issue with Lightcast being featured as lead article on the front cover of their magazine.

Here is a link to the digital version:
https://thesiliconreview.com/magazine/profile/lightcast-services-to-upload-manage-and-publish/

Award: 5 Best App Development Companies to Watch

Inc. 5000 Company 2022

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in North America. Lightcast is proud to be among the top 500 fastest growing companies which offer software products, and among the 5000 fastest growing out of all 22 Million businesses in North America.

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The 2022 Inc. 5000 companies achieved an astounding three-year median growth of 230 percent, aggregated revenue of $317,6 billion and are accounting for 1,179,282 jobs over the past three years.

More about Inc 5000 at: https://www.inc.com/inc5000/

Award: Inc. 5000

Streaming Media Award 2022 - Top 50 Company

We are proud to announce that Lightcast.com was voted again one of the 50 companies that matter most in online video.

The Top 50 are the "cream of the crop" - the most important, most innovative and most influential companies providing streaming and OTT technologies, products and services - steering the online video industry. The award is presented by StreamingMedia.com - the premier online destination for professionals and corporations utilizing digital media technology.

Award: Streaming Media Top 50 Company

Lightcast.com named one of "50 Best Workplaces of the Year 2021"

The Silicon Review - one of the world’s most trusted online and print magazine for business & technology professionals - named Lightcast.com one of the “50 Best Workplaces of the Year 2021”. Read more about it in their November issue where Lightcast was featured as the lead article on the front cover of their magazine.

Here is a link to the digital version:

https://thesiliconreview.com/magazine/profile/multi-platform-excellent-video-solutions

Award: 50 Best Workplaces of 2021

Lightcast.com named one of "10 Best Companies of 2021"

Evaluating hundreds of streaming media companies and their achievements in 2021, we are proud to be named one of the "10 Best Companies of 2021” by Industry Era Review. Lightcast.com was featured as the lead article on the front cover of their magazine.

Here is a link to the digital version:

https://www.industryerareview.com/magazine/10-Best-Companies-of-2021/

Award: 10 Best Companies of 2021

Lightcast.com named one of "10 Best CDN Solutions Providers"

Industry Era Magazine published an issue focusing on CDN services, evaluating and featuring the 10 Best CDN Solutions Providers from their point of view. Lightcast.com was featured as the lead article on the front cover of the magazine and named one of "10 Best CDN Solutions Providers" 2020.

Here is a link to the digital version:
https://www.industryerareview.com/Magazine/2020/10-Best-cdn-Solution-Providers-2020/

Award: 10 Best CDN Solutions Providers

Streaming Media Award 2020 - Top 50 Company

Lightcast.com was voted again one of the 50 companies that matter most in online video.

Streaming Media Award 2019 - Top 50 Company

Lightcast.com was voted again one of the 50 companies that matter most in online video.

Inc. 5000 Company 2019

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies. Lightcast is in the top 500 fastest growing among all companies which offer business services, and among the 5000 fastest growing out of all 22 Million businesses in North America.

Started in 1982, this prestigious list has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The 2019 Inc. 5000 achieved an astounding three-year average growth of 454 percent, and a median rate of 157 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $237.7 billion in 2018, accounting for 1,216,308 jobs over the past three years.

Award: Inc. 5000

Streaming Media Award 2018 - Top 50 Company

Lightcast.com was voted one of the 50 companies that matter most in online video.

The Stevie Awards 2018

Lightcast was named the winner of the GOLD Stevie Award 2018 for our brand new, innovative Content Management System: The Lightcast Media Cloud. It is used by media corporations, broadcasters and producers from various media industries such as sports, news, entertainment and education and provides an intuitive UI to upload, transcode, manage and publish all live- and on-demand media for all connected platforms across web, mobile, social and OTT.

The Stevie Award trophy is one of the world's most coveted prizes. Since 2002 the Gold Stevie Award has been conferred for achievement in business to organizations and individuals in more than 60 nations.

Award: New Product or Service of the Year - Best Content Management System 2018

Streaming Media Award 2017 - Top 100 Company

Lightcast.com was voted one of the 100 companies that matter most in online video.

The Stevie Awards 2015

Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Award: Video of the Year - Sales/Technology

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The Christian Business Award 2013

The Christian Business Awards nominates leading companies from each industry every year. The elected companies always have one thing in common: they are owned and operated by entrepreneurs and executives who hold up the standards of christian faith and family values. The winners - voted by a jury of high-profile industry leaders - always excel in innovation, skills, quality, integrity, business-ethics and social contributions.

Award: Company of the Year 2013

The Stevie Awards 2013

The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards. They were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. In short order the Stevie has become one of the world's most coveted prizes.

Award: Company of the Year - Internet/New Media

The Telly Awards 2009

We also like the awards for our marketing campaigns and artwork, as they give credit to our producers, writers, editors and designers – all those people who turn our work into art-work.

Winning entry: My.Space.Book.Flick.Tube (produced for client CROSS.TV)
Year: 2009
Award: Silver Telly 2009
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Winning entry: My.Space.Book.Flick.Tube (produced for client CROSS.TV)
Award: Bronze Telly 2009
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Davey Awards 2009

The Davey Award is for all of those small businesses with great ideas – those small film teams with limited budgets – who achieve amazing results. We love those awards because we love efficiency.

Winning entry: My.Space.Book.Flick.Tube (produced for client CROSS.TV)
Award: Best Marketing Concept 2009
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Winning entry: Around the World (produced for client CROSS.TV)
Award: Best Commercial 2009
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