IBC Innovation Awards

The IBC2025 Awards finalists are here!

The IBC Awards bring together under one umbrella IBC’s Innovation and Social Impact awards to enable a single celebration of different industry advances across five categories: Content Creation, Content Distribution, Content Everywhere, Environment & Sustainability and Social Impact.

The IBC Innovation Awards recognise the best in collaborative efforts to develop new solutions to real-world technical challenges and to address social and environmental issues.

From AI-powered remastering and hybrid Olympic streaming to social impact tools and sustainable media, the 2025 shortlist reflects real-world innovation redefining our industry. Press release here.

View the 2025 Awards Shortlist

Join us at the IBC Innovation Awards Ceremony on 14 September, 18:00 at the Main Stage, with our exclusive IBC2025 Delegate Pass! Invitation only.

Content Creation

Whatever the size of the screen and wherever you choose to watch it, what audiences want is great content. This award recognises projects which give creative talents the tools they need, from acquisition to post production.

Content Distribution

Great content is no use if it does not reach the eyes and ears of the consumer. This award celebrates the best new ways to manage content and connect creators and consumers, or creators and their collaborators.

Content Everywhere

Consumers today expect to be engaged wherever they are, on whatever device is to hand. This award celebrates the connected experience. To win this award, your project will make the most of the connected world, using technology to engage audiences.

Social Impact

The Social Impact category recognises a company initiative or campaign which is making a positive impact in the industry and/or in the wider world. It celebrates the industry’s willingness to innovate and engage with today’s big issues, such as diversity and wellbeing.

Environment & Sustainability

While content creators and distributors are increasingly aware of the imperative of finding green solutions underpinning all their work, this award is looking for stand-out new approaches and best-in-class developments or projects with sustainability at their heart.

The IBC Innovation Awards, established over 20 years ago, celebrate an industry spirit of co-operation and collaboration.

They are presented to the end user of a project - the broadcaster or media company that started with a requirement and who brought together the technology partners to find an exciting solution. At the same time, those technology partners are also celebrated and honoured for their contribution to a co-operative process which delivered the successful result.

View the 2025 Awards shortlist View the 2024 Awards winners

IBC2025 Innovation Awards – Judging Panel

The IBC Innovation Awards are judged by a panel of editors and consultants, drawn from around the industry and around the world.

View 2025 judging panel

The IBC Innovation Awards at IBC2025

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IBC Awards

- IBC Awards
14 Sep 2025 Conference Room 1 18:00 - 20:00
IBC Awards

IBC reveals the winners of this year’s prestigious Innovation Awards and presents the International Honour for Excellence and the Best Technical Paper. Invitation only

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Sasha Twining - Conference Host

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