[custom_adv] BroadbandTV Corp. (BBTV), an enabling platform for content owners that is advancing the world through the creation, distribution, management and monetization of content is pleased to announce Shahrzad Rafati, Founder & CEO, BBTV has been named CanadianSME Magazine’s Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her outstanding strength, business savvy, innovation, and success in the media and technology industry. [custom_adv] When Shahrzad started BroadbandTV in 2005, the company was one of the pioneers that was defining and advancing the media tech space, empowering a new generation of storytellers and transforming entertainment and the ways that content was being produced and consumed. [custom_adv] BBTV has now grown into a leading media tech company that is advancing the world through the creation, distribution, management and monetization of content, through a broad range of monetization streams across advertising video on demand, subscription video on demand, SaaS and content management, mobile apps and e-commerce. [custom_adv] The whole business is powered through proprietary technology solutions, and Shahrzad’s vision to build a truly connected ecosystem where one revenue stream powers another, is a reality. [custom_adv] A known thought leader in the fields of entrepreneurship and technology enabled media, Shahrzad has been broadly recognized for her contributions to the media and technology industry. [custom_adv] Shahrzad is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including 2018 Ernst and Young’s Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year (Technology), Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in 2017, Canada’s Top 150 Women in 2017, and was Canada’s representative on the Business Women Leaders’ Taskforce at the G20 Summit in 2018. [custom_adv] BroadbandTV Founder Shahrzad Rafati has been named CanadianSME Magazine’s Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her success in the media and technology industry.Vancouver-headquartered BBTV is an enabling platform for content owners that is advancing the world through the creation, distribution, management and monetization of content.European entertainment conglomerate RTL Group acquired 51% of BBTV in 2013 for $36 million.
