https://www.StreamingMedia.comRSS feeds from Streamingmedia.com.All Content Copyright 1998-2026, Streaming Media Magazine, a Division of Information Today Inc.60https://dzceab466r34n.cloudfront.net/images_nl/socialicons/32x32/black-rss-32.pnghttps://www.StreamingMedia.comFri, 14 Aug 2026 12:40:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176152https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176152Streaming Media Connect returned this week with six dynamic keynotes from NASA+, Google, TiVo, BallySports, Wowza, and TwelveLabs, and peak-form panels on refining your live streaming playbook, tuning latency, matching ads to content, scaling streaming architecture, curbing churn, leveraging AI in personalized content discovery, innovating streaming UX, optimizing QoS and QoE, and a timely dissection of Disney's 4K EU blackout. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 03:55:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176057https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176057On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Revry's Alia J. Daniels, DCG's Crystal Foote, Servers.com' Bradley Lewington, and Sargeway's Sarge Sargent will join Dataxis' Oph?lie Boucaud, Principal Analyst, Dataxis for the?Streaming Media Connect panel "Match Game: AI, Ad Tech, and Contextual Advertising." This panel of ad tech and ad strategy experts provides a snapshot of the current and evolving state of contextual ad-targeting?one of the fastest-moving targets in the streaming and CTV industry.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:25:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176008https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=176008On Tuesday, August 11, Streaming Media will launch 20th Streaming Media Connect virtual event with an exclusive fireside chat with NASA's GM & Head of NASA+ Rebecca Sirmons, back by popular demand! Each morning of the 3-day event will kick off at 11am ET/8am PT with back-to-back keynote fireside chats featuring a varied array of industry luminaries, including TwelveLabs' Simon Lecointe, Google's Shobana Radhakrishnan, Wowza's Krish Kumar, TiVo's Briana Larsen, and Bally's Media's Jon Lin.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:40:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175996https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175996During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Deltatre operated the broadcasting and streaming infrastructure for a number of major rights holders' World Cup platforms worldwide. In this Q&A, Gilles Mas, Chief Operating Officer at Deltatre, discusses the challenges and intricacies of pulling off this achievement and what this success means for the future of large-scale livestreamed events.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:30:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175968https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175968So, how do you meet your audience "where they are" if you don't know where they'll be when they see your video? You stream it both?vertically and horizontally at the same time, and?you leverage technology to re-orient your content automatically.?Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:40:39 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175895https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175895LiveU deploys a record number of 5G and LIQ field units, powering multi-nation remote cloud production workflows across the US, Mexico, and CanadaTue, 28 Jul 2026 11:30:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175893https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175893The sports industry has become increasingly focused on acquisition. We spend huge amounts of time discussing how to attract new fans, yet relatively little time discussing how to keep existing ones engaged. That's becoming a problem.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:40:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175853https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175853On August 12, panelists from AWS, Paramount, Al Jazeera, and TAG Video Systems will join the?Streaming Media Connect panel "Optimizing Live Streaming QoS and QoE." From measuring and improving rebuffering, startup time, and bitrate quality to tying QoE metrics directly to retention, this panel focuses on quantifiable streaming metrics that matter, as well as harder-to-measure viewer satisfaction signals that define true QoS (quality of service) and QoE (quality of experience). Come for the real-world war stories from high-stakes live events, where every hiccup costs viewers and revenue, and stay for the real-time QoS/QoE Q&A with live streaming's best and brightest.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175852https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175852On Thursday, Aug. 13, Dataxis Principal Analyst Oph?lie Boucaud will moderate the?Streaming Media Connect panel "Find It FAST: Leveraging AI in CTV Discovery," with panelists from TiVo, Gracenote, Hub, and Future Today. AI is transforming how viewers find content and the never-ending struggle for visibility in a saturated content ecosystem. This panel unpacks the recommendation engine architectures and real-time personalization pipelines that top streaming platforms and EPGs are using to surface the right content for the right user at the right moment and the increasing shift toward agent-assisted, conversational search.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175748https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175748Wowza's Video Intelligence Framework (VIF) is a Wowza Streaming Engine module that can dramatically cut the cost of mission-critical analytics that organizations would run anyway, turning required workflows into far cheaper ones. For many others, these factors will enable producers to get more from their videos, like scene-level metadata to feed programmatic advertising and enable more personalized and higher-performing ads and higher CPMs. In short, if you're streaming live video for mission-critical operations or revenue, VIF is a technology you need to know about.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:05:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175720https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175720On Thursday, Aug. 13, Roku's Nicole Fencel, Philo's Steven Chang, Women in Streaming Media's Deepali Narsiker, and Horse & Country's David Guinan will join Chris Pfaff for the?Streaming Media Connect panel "The Retention Game: Managing Subscriber Acquisition and Churn." Join this closing panel for a candid discussion on which subscriber acquisition and retention strategies work in 2026 and which ones fail to move the needle. Learn how leading streaming platforms are drawing on data science insights and leveraging personalization to turn one-show drop-ins into long-term, loyal subscribers.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175715https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175715On Thursday, Aug. 13, LinkedIn's Chris Packard, LiveX's Corey Behnke, and MemeHouse's Zylo Hefferan will join the SVTA's Bhavesh Upadhyaya for a Streaming Media Connect panel that examines how top streaming teams prepare for, monitor, and recover from tentpole live events like sports and concerts. The discussion will range from pre-event capacity planning, load testing, and failover strategies to establishing best practices for managing traffic spikes when the stakes are highest.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:55:00 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175673https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175673The next battle in sports won't be fought over content libraries, streaming platforms or production workflows. Most organizations already have more content than they know what to do with. The real challenge is helping audiences navigate it. Helping them understand why a moment matters. Helping them discover stories worth following. Helping them connect with athletes, teams, and competitions in a meaningful way.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:05:47 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175596https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175596ITV is to sell its media and entertainment division, including its broadcast channels and ITVX streaming service, to Sky for ?1.6 billion ($2.1bn), marking one of the most consequential restructurings in modern British broadcasting. The deal positions Sky, owned by Comcast, as the UK's largest commercial broadcaster and creates a new domestic heavyweight designed to compete more aggressively with global streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:30:52 ESThttps://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175578https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=175578This Q&A with Ateliere president and COO Flavius Goman explores how Ateliere Storyline tackles high-volume content verticalization, including meeting the challenges of conscientious frame-cropping (especially for complex and high-action scenes), manual review, the story interpretation involved in compelling automated serialization, and how this technology might be used outside of a strictly entertainment context.