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What are the Best of Show Awards?

Thousands of new products are introduced each year. Help make yours stand out with award recognition. You'll receive a "Nominee" logo to use across social media and other digital marketing platforms. If you win, you'll receive an award and an information package to help you promote the win to the industry. Further, every product nominated, whether chosen for an award or not, will be featured in the special Best of Show Program Guide, to be distributed in eBook digital form to more than 95,000+ Future publication readers. (To view the 2019 Program Guide, click here.)

When are entries due?

How much does it cost to enter?

What if I wish my product to be considered by multiple publications?

May I enter more than one product?

How are the nominees evaluated?

Does a product have to be brand new, introduced at this show, to be considered?

It should be new since last NAB Show. A product need not be introduced literally at this show; you might for instance have shown a product some months prior at AES or IBC. Judges are instructed to consider if it’s “new to the 2020 Spring season”

Judges also have discretion in determining whether a product is new, and in general, we lean toward including, not rejecting. But if a product was shown in the same form at last year’s convention it is not eligible. (If you showed it last NAB in preview form, it may raise questions for judges; include an explanation in your nomination; for instance, “We showed this in beta last year but did not nominate it, and now it is shipping.” Of course, if you nominated it last year, it’s hard to make the case it’s new.)

Is my information confidential?

I want to nominate my product but I don’t have a publication-ready photograph yet.

How do I pay?

When will you announce winners?

What do I get if I win?

Winners receive a crystal award some weeks after the announcement. You’ll also receive the winner logo artwork to use in your social media and marketing. Winners also will be reported by Future brands TV Technology, Digital Video, Government Video, Video Edge, TVBEurope, Radio World, Pro Sound News and Sound & Video Contractor. All nominated products will be featured in the special Best of Show Awards Program Guide, to be distributed in digital edition form to thousands of readers of those publications after the convention.