At a time when the streaming industry is evolving at breakneck speed, Questex’s StreamTV Show 2025 delivered a moment of recognition—and celebration—for the visionaries pushing the industry forward. Held June 11–13 in Denver, Colorado, the StreamTV Awards honored standout performers across innovation, leadership, content, and user experience.
“This year’s competition was more exciting than ever,” said Kevin Gray, Founder of StreamTV Show and VP at Questex. “Winners stood out for their bold innovation, unmatched audience engagement, strategic thinking, revenue growth, and game-changing partnerships.”
From legacy players to new disruptors, the list of winners reads like a roadmap for the future of streaming.
Freely Takes Center Stage
Freely, the UK’s free ad-supported TV platform, was the big winner, earning both Streaming Platform of the Year and the StreamTV Impact Award—a nod to its outsized influence in reshaping how audiences access and engage with streaming content. For a platform that only recently entered the market, this dual recognition marks a major validation of its hybrid, accessible model.
Winners Spotlight: Innovation Across the Board
The awards spanned a range of categories, highlighting innovation not just in content, but in the infrastructure behind it.
- Innovation in Advertising: Xumo Advertising Management Solution continues to push forward scalable, dynamic ad experiences on connected TV platforms.
- Innovation in Monetization: Evergent’s End-to-End Monetization Platform stood out for enabling seamless revenue generation across services.
- Innovation in Content Delivery: Schedule Automator by Frequency earned praise for its dynamic schedule optimization capabilities—a game-changer for FAST channel operators.
- Innovation in User Experience: LCDigital’s Fallout Global Fan Premiere proved that immersive, fan-first event streaming can scale globally with impact.
Leadership & Strategy: Recognizing the Human Drivers
This year’s Content Partnerships Executive of the Year went to Charlie Neiman of Amazon Prime Video, whose work has helped steer one of the industry’s giants toward smarter, deeper content alignments.
The Marketing Executive of the Year, Fern Feistel of Xumo, led innovative campaigns driving user growth in an increasingly saturated market.
Trey Kennedy received the Creator of the Year Award, representing the rising importance of individual content creators in a platform-driven world.
And in a nod to rising stars, the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025 includes standout talent from Fubo, Roku, Philo, LG Ad Solutions, CBS Sports, and more—pointing to a strong bench of next-gen leadership.
The FAST Frontier: MTRSPT1 and the Motorsports Niche
In the increasingly crowded FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) space, MTRSPT1 took home FAST Channel of the Year, proving that niche content, when packaged right, can thrive in ad-supported ecosystems.
Strategic Momentum in Streaming
In an industry saturated with content and choices, strategic clarity is becoming the most valuable asset. The 2025 StreamTV Awards underscored that execution—not just vision—is what separates category leaders from the pack.
For attendees and winners alike, StreamTV Show continues to function as a live case study of streaming’s biggest trends—from convergence and monetization to user experience and platform evolution.
Produced by Questex, the StreamTV Show is backed by its daily industry publication, StreamTV Insider. Together, they offer not just recognition but actionable insights for where the industry is headed next.
The streaming landscape is changing. The StreamTV Awards show us who’s changing it.
