Devoncroft is proud to announce the publication of the 2025 the Big Broadcast Survey (“BBS”) Reports. This marks the 17th consecutive year we have conducted the BBS, an annual survey of global technology professionals in the media industry.
The BBS remains the largest annual demand-side study of the global broadcast and media technology sector. The year-over-year tracking of the global media industry has only been possible because of the several thousand global professionals responding to the survey each year. Many thanks to you all.
Over the next weeks and months, we will publish selected highlights from this year’s BBS reports on the Devoncroft website. These articles are posted on a semi-regular basis, so please check back often. To receive posts when published, please register you email address on the Devoncroft home page.
For those parties interested in additional information on the full 2025 BBS reports, please call or email us.
Three types of 2025 BBS reports are available for interested parties:
- 2025 BBS Global Brand Reports: provide detailed insight into how each more than 100 media technology suppliers (see full list below) are perceived by technology buyers, along with comprehensive benchmarking of media technology vendors on a wide variety of metrics
- 2025 BBS Product Reports: provide detailed information from buyers, specifiers, and users of media technology products in 30 separate categories (see full list below)
- 2025 BBS Global Market Report: provides detailed information about industry trends, major projects being planned, media technology budgets, and current and planned adoption levels for various technologies, including UHD/4K, AI/ML/GenAI, cloud-based infrastructure, and IP-based technologies.
The table below lists the technology vendor brands (in alphabetical order) profiled in the 2025 BBS.
Technology Product Categories & Vendor Brands Covered in the 2025 BBS, by Application Area
Acquisition & Production:
Cloud Production Systems
Backlight, Evertz, Grabyo, Grass Valley, LiveU, OBS, Riedel, Vizrt, Vmix
ENG Cameras
Ikegami, JVC, Kokusai Denki, Panasonic, Sony
Graphics & Branding
Adobe, Avid, Chyron, Evertz, Ross Video, Singular Live, Vizrt, Zero Density
Large Format Single Sensor Cameras
ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Canon, Panasonic, Red Digital Cinema (Nikon), Sony
Live Production Replay Servers
Avid, Evertz, EVS, Grass Valley, Riedel, Vizrt
Production Switchers
Blackmagic Design, Grass Valley, Panasonic, Ross Video, Sony, Vizrt
PTZ Cameras
BirdDog, Canon, Marshall Electronics, Panasonic, PTZOptics, Sony, Vaddio, Vizrt
Studio / System Cameras
Grass Valley, Ikegami, Kokusai Denki, Panasonic, Sony
Post Production:
Digital Audio Workstations
Ableton, Adobe, Apple, Avid, Cakewalk, Propellerhead, Steinberg
Video Editing
Adobe, Apple, Avid, Blackmagic Design, Grass Valley
Infrastructure:
Bonded Cellular
Dejero, Haivision, LiveU, Mobile Viewpoint (Vislink), TVU
Contribution / Transport
Appear, Evertz, Haivision, Lawo, Media Links, Net Insight, Nevion, OBS, Riedel, Techex, Zixi
IT / Blade Server
Cisco, Dell, HPE, Huawei
IT Switch / Router
Arista Networks, Cisco, Dell, Huawei, Mellanox
Signal Processing / Interfacing / Modular / Routing
Aja Video, Blackmagic Design, Evertz, Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Riedel, Ross Video
Audio:
Audio Consoles
AEQ, Avid, Calrec, DHD, Lawo, Solid State Logic, Studer (Evertz), Telos, Wheatstone, Yamaha
Audio Monitors (speakers)
Adam, Dynaudio, Focal, Genelec, JBL, Meyer, Neumann, PMC
Intercom / Talkback
AEQ, Clear-Com, Riedel, RTS Intercom Systems, Telos, Unity Intercom
Microphones
AKG, Audio-Technica, beyerdynamic, DPA Microphone, Electro-Voice, Neumann, Rode, Schoeps, Sennheiser, Shure, Sony
Storage:
High Performance Shared Storage
Avid, Dell, Hitachi, HPE, NetApp, Quantum, Vast
Software Control and Management Systems:
Broadcast Business Management Systems
Imagine Communications, Mediagenix, Operative, WideOrbit
Media Asset Management
Adobe, Avid, Backlight, Dalet, Editshare, Evertz, EVS, Vizrt, WideOrbit (Vidispine)
Orchestration
Ateliere, Avid, Prime Focus Technologies, SDVI, Sony, Telestream
Playout and Delivery:
Encoding/Transcoding
ateme, AWS, Bitmovin, Harmonic, MediaKind, Mux, Synamedia, Telestream
Playout
Amagi, Bcnexxt, Evertz, Grass Valley, Harmonic, Imagine Communications, Playbox
Transmitters
GatesAir, Kokusai Denki, NEC, Rohde & Schwarz
Test, Quality Control and Monitoring:
Quality of Experience (QoE) Measurement
Bitmovin, Brightcove (Wicket Labs), Conviva, JumpTV, Media Melon, Mux, Nice People at Work
Quality of Signal (QoS) Measurement
Mux, Skyline, TAG, Telestream
Test & Measurement
Leader, Rohde & Schwarz, Telestream
Multiviewers
Evertz, Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, TAG
Managed Services
Public Cloud
Akamai, Alibaba, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud
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