MEDIA+TECH COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCES THE 2022 MEDIA+TECH INNOVATION CHALLENGE” WINNERS – “TEAM INNOVENTION” FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – DENVER BUSINESS SCHOOL

16th Annual Case Study Competition Exploring Ideas for the Next Chapter of DIRECTV’s Business Strategy
$3,000 First Place Prize, Industry Internship Opportunities Awarded at MTC Signature Event


“Team InnOvention” Celebrates the $3,000 Grand Prize and Winning The 2022 Media+Tech Collective Innovation Challenge Competition (L-R) Andy Karofsky (judge), Co-Founder and COO, Frndly TV, Jay Kreiling (judge), VP, Video Content at Charter Communications, Steve Smith (judge), EVP, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, Outdoor Sportsman Group and Team InnOvention members Jason Kabanas, Nikki O’Farrell, Jake Torrens

DENVER – March 11, 2022 - “Team InnOvention,” a business school student team from the University of Colorado – Denver Business School was named the grand prize winner of the 2022 Media+Tech Innovation Challenge. The 16th annual signature event for the Media+Tech Collective, an industry association dedicated to bringing together members from throughout the businesses of video entertainment and technology, was held earlier today at Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Finalists were comprised of business school student teams selected from earlier campus case study competitions at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business and the University of Colorado – Denver Business School. All three finalists in 2022 were from the University of Colorado – Denver Business School.

The students on “Team InnOvention” take home the grand prize of $3,000 - and $4,500 in total - for winning the case study competition. The 2022 Media+Tech Innovation Challenge was sponsored by the StreamTV Show, scheduled for June 6-8, 2022 in Denver.