"I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the Streamcheck team. For the past two years, we have strived to bring a heightened awareness of quality issues to the streaming world and to bring accountability to the stream hosting industry." said Berger.

Streamcheck has an international network of measurement computers ("Scanners") deployed throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. Streamcheck Scanners mimic the experience of streaming end-users while gathering crucial metrics that allow content owners and service providers to monitor streaming quality. Since June 2000, Streamcheck has conducted millions of checks on streaming content, ranging from Internet radio and financial news to live video events and on-demand entertainment content. It is this scope, reach and unique capacity to measure streaming performance that has attracted the industry's most prominent content owners and service providers to Streamcheck's unique solution.

Streaming Magazine selects individuals for its annual list based on the following criteria:

• Persons who have advanced streaming significantly through dramatic technology breakthroughs.
• Persons who have spearheaded advancement or advocated on behalf of the streaming community, creating awareness on a mass scale.
• Persons who have the most impact on how quickly streaming adoption takes place.

About Streamcheck
Streamcheck provides end-to-end measurement and monitoring solutions for streaming media, helping customers deliver their message with consistent quality and reliability. Streamcheck's family of services provides 24x7 monitoring, diagnostic tools and customizable reports. Streamcheck offers an objective way to demonstrate quality to customers, advertisers and partners. Streamcheck's distributed network of measurement devices ("Scanners") has performed millions of individual checks on streams of all types and covers major cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. To learn more, visit www.streamcheck.com.