Meet the Finalists for the 2026 StreamTV Awards 

The winners will be announced at the StreamTV Show on June 17.

Advertising Executive of the Year

• Dan Callahan, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Spectrum Reach
• Lauren Benedict, VP, Global Ad Sales and Partnerships, Roku
• Michael Bologna, Chief Accelerator/Chief Revenue Officer, BrightLine
• Ying Wang, General Manager, Xumo Advertising, Xumo

Content Partnerships Executive of the Year – Acquisition

• Anthony Layser, Executive Director, Content Acquisitions & Programming Strategy, Xumo
• Patrick Courtney, Chief Business Officer, Fuse Media
• Takashi Nakano, Vice President of Content and Programming, Samsung TV Plus
• Teresa Alonso López, VP, Whale TV+

Content Partnerships Executive of the Year – Distribution

• Brian McGarvey, Vice President of Global Distribution & Business Development, Crunchyroll
• Jonathan Shrank, VP, Streaming & Content Partnerships, TheSoul Group
• Regina Breslin, Vice President, Global Content Distribution, Roku
• Stefan Van Engen, VP, Content Partnership, Acquisition, Distribution & Experience, Xumo

Emerging Leaders

• Chelsea Duong, Senior Manager, Content Planning & Acquisition, Xumo
• Elizabeth Lehrer, Director, Global Programming Operations, Pluto TV
• Eric Steigelfest, CEO & Co-Founder, PurePlay AI
• Felipe Saltz, Associate Vice President, NBA
• Kate Dery, Director of Partner Growth and Management, AMC Global Media
• Lady Learned, Vice President, Business Operations & Planning, Xumo
• Mike Gould, SVP, Digital, Cineflix Rights
• Murphy VandeMotter, VP, Data Operations, Madhive

FAST Channel of the Year

• DIRECTV Tribeca Festival Hub + FAST Channel
• F1 Channel
• Love After Lockup
• NBA Channel
• Tastemade

Innovation in Advertising

• Canela Media’s Club Canela
• Redefining Streaming Attribution: How 24i Empowered Revry with Full-Funnel Advertising Intelligence
• Samsung Ads Dynamic CTV Campaign Captures New Revenue for Crumbl
• Transmit.Live, LLC

Innovation in Content Delivery & Distribution

• Graphics+ from Frequency
• MKIO Multiview with Comcast's "Create your own Multiview"
• The Chosen Platform from Come and See Foundation: Delivered by Robosoft Technologies
• ViewLift: Scalable Intelligence at the Core of Global Content Delivery

Innovation in Monetization

• Evergent Agentic Revenue Orchestration Platform
• New England Sports Network (NESN)
• The Digital Vending Machine® from Bango
• Transmit.Live, LLC

Innovation in User Experience

• Canela Media's Club Canela
• Christmas Plus Movie Advent Calendar by OTT Studio
• SyncWords Live AI Localization
• The Chosen App Experience from Come and See Foundation: Designed by Robosoft Technologies

Marketing Campaign of the Year

• How Spectrum Reach Introduced Show-level Transparency in Campaigns
• Pluto TV “The Holidays Are Brutal”
• Tastemade’s Hot Grill Summer Marketing Campaign
• Xumo x NASCAR: Driving Brand Lift Through Content, Culture, and Connection

StreamTV Impact Award

• Cineverse
• Roku
• Spectrum Reach
• The AdGood Foundation

Streaming Platform of the Year

• Crunchyroll
• Freely
• Roku
• Xumo Play

Technology Executive of the Year

• Alex Groysman, VP of Ad Product Development, Spectrum Reach
• Joe Pascual, Co-Founder, CEO & CTO, dotstudioPRO
• Joey Monjure, SVP of Product, Frndly TV and Director, Product Management, Roku
• Philip Inghelbrecht, Cofounder/CEO, Tatari