The winners of the inaugural Best of SPROCKIT Awards have been announced at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. Five out of 30 startups showcased by SPROCKIT were chosen through voting by the trade show’s attendees. The winning companies were Fluendo (video analysis and multimedia), Psychability (big data and analytics for TV), Yottio (real-time video streaming and trafficking), ScoreStream (crowd-sourced sports information and chat), and Unruly (video ad distribution in native formats across the Open Web).

SPROCKIT, now in its third year, was formed in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters and the World Series of Startups, and promotes innovative entrepreneurship in the M&E industry.

The awards ceremony was presented by Harry Glazer, founder & CEO of SPROCKIT; Gordon Smith, president & CEO of NAB; and the first two corporate sponsors of SPROCKIT — Kevin Cuddihy, president, local media at Univision; and Roger Keating, SVP digital media at Hearst Television.

The ETC and its Executive Director & CEO Ken Williams are pleased to be an official Thought Leader partner of SPROCKIT.

For more information, and links to all the nominated startups, visit the SPROCKIT voting page.