# Vision Media

> Vision Media provides secure video screening, digital awards campaigns, guild viewing portals, and targeted email outreach for studios, distributors, producers, and entertainment membership organizations. Its products connect protected pre-release content with invited industry audiences.

- **Founded:** 1986
- **Headquarters:** Stevenson Ranch, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Alvarez Jr. (Founder; former CEO)
- **Products:** VMXStream, Screener Passport / VMX Awards, VMXPromote, Awards Portal, Screening Room Panel for Avid Media Composer
- **Notable:** Reports streaming screeners in more than 135 countries., Reports that 72% of 2025 Oscar nominees used its awards services; this is a company-reported usage metric, not evidence that the service caused nominations., Published a TPN self-assessment and announced Blue Shield status in August 2026; do not equate this with an independent security audit.

## Products & services

- **VMXStream** — Secure screening rooms for publicity, sales, distribution, and collaboration. Published monthly plans start at $249; access controls, DRM, and forensic watermarking are included.
- **Screener Passport / VMX Awards** — Awards-focused secure screeners and branded portals for invited voters and membership groups, with multi-device playback and campaign support.
- **VMXPromote** — Targeted industry and guild eBlast campaigns, with send fees and separate guild list charges.
- **Awards Portal** — A portal for managing awards-season work and submissions, announced in November 2023.
- **Screening Room Panel for Avid Media Composer** — Publishes editing sequences to controlled screening rooms with watermarking, viewer tracking, and access controls.
- **Vision Media Screeners for Amazon Fire TV** — Invitation-based TV screening app for compatible devices running Fire OS 7 or newer.
- **Screener Passport public discovery website** — Free directory of awards titles, nominations, news, and links to restricted viewing platforms; does not itself stream films.

## Achievements

- Reports streaming screeners in more than 135 countries.
- Reports that 72% of 2025 Oscar nominees used its awards services; this is a company-reported usage metric, not evidence that the service caused nominations.
- Published a TPN self-assessment and announced Blue Shield status in August 2026; do not equate this with an independent security audit.
- Launched an Avid Media Composer Screening Room Panel in September 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published its TPN self-assessment and announced Blue Shield status.
- **2026-05** — Announced screening and submissions support for The DARCYS.
- **2026-05** — Previewed enhanced analytics, including invite-to-play conversion tracking.
- **2026-05** — Launched its Amazon Fire TV screeners app.
- **2026-04** — Showcased the iRights integration at NAB Show.
- **2026-02** — Appointed Pauline Avendano VP of Marketing and Neha Modi Digital Content Manager.

## Links

- Website: https://visionmedia.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vision-media-management
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionmediaexperience
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionmediaexp

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Last updated: 2026-10-23