The Unified Patent Court in Düsseldorf has issued an injunction preventing Disney from using specific HEVC bitstreams in eleven European countries due to patent infringement against InterDigital's video coding technologies. The court also established significant procedural guidance regarding the role of non-disclosure agreements in FRAND licensing negotiations.

In the 2026 State of Video Encoding Survey report, you'll discover where encoding professionals are placing their bets and where they're stalling. You'll learn how the GPU monoculture is cracking, why cost and quality are no longer a tradeoff, which codec has a 231% planned implementation growth rate, which organizational types are most likely to adopt key technologies, why TCO is a blind spot for 30% of the market, and more.

LTN has completed over 3,000 satellite-to-IP workflow migrations for major broadcasters and content owners, providing a critical path for distribution as the FCC reallocates C-Band spectrum. The project supports reliable managed IP delivery for mission-critical video workflows spanning diverse geographic locations.

Blackmagic Design, Grupo Pinnacle, and the Brazilian Society of Television Engineering (SET) are hosting a multi-day event in São Paulo to educate the industry on transitioning to IP-based infrastructures. The sessions focus on implementing SMPTE ST 2110, NDI, and integrating the DTV+ system for enhanced broadcast capabilities.

Akamai Accelerated Compute instances, powered by NETINT Quadra Video Processing Units (VPUs), provide specialized, high-density cloud transcoding for AV1, HEVC, and H.264 up to 8Kp60. These instances offer 15–30x better encoding performance than traditional CPUs, with pricing starting at $0.42/hr for 32 live HD channels.

Disney is phasing out legacy Hulu-led subscription bundles as part of a broader technical initiative to consolidate Hulu's audience and content into the Disney+ application by 2026. This migration aims to centralize account management, user data, and advertising inventory onto a single flagship platform.

Paramount+ is reportedly planning a free, login-required 'front porch' tier to drive user acquisition and personalized ad revenue, while Disney is also evaluating similar free-content models. These strategic shifts indicate that major streaming operators are moving toward hybrid monetization to expand their reach beyond traditional paywalls.

BlendVision AI watches your content so your team doesn't have to. It auto-tags scenes by topic and motion, clips highlights, generates shorts for every social ratio, transcribes in multiple languages, and even dubs audio, all in real time. The result: your content team shifts from manual post-production to creative strategy. Semantic search makes your entire media library instantly queryable, and AI-powered recommendations keep audiences engaged longer. Production costs go down. Content output goes up.

Mediagenix has announced new agentic AI capabilities for its media management platform, including a conversational AI dashboard and integration with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The update enables media organizations to automate tasks such as scheduling, rights validation, and metadata governance while maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight.

Fetch.ai and RedSquid TV have launched an agentic AI platform designed for integration directly into television operating systems. The partnership intends to enable telecom and pay TV operators to offer on-device AI-powered services while maintaining control over the software stack and customer data.

Live production is hitting an AI bottleneck: too many pixels, too many proxies, too much delay. This piece shows how VC-6 and smart multicast networks can feed models only what they need, cutting bandwidth, latency, and cost while turning every live frame into real-time intelligence for broadcasters and streaming platforms.

NBC Sports is leveraging a REMI production model and custom mobile unit developed by NEP Belgium to broadcast the 113th Tour de France. The production features integrated wearable data from WHOOP and advanced augmented reality tools to enhance storytelling for linear and digital platforms.

CBC/Radio-Canada is transitioning to a COTS-based software-defined production infrastructure guided by the EBU's Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) architecture. The initiative utilizes a custom Media Exchange Layer (MXL) to replace standard streaming protocols with a shared memory architecture, aiming to reduce latency and improve resource flexibility for remote and multi-platform workflows.

With the NETINT Quadra Mini Server, you can bypass expensive cloud transcoding services and cellular uplinks from the stadium. This compact powerhouse sips power while encoding 20 live HD AV1, HEVC, and H.264 streams, or 5 live 4K streams. Drawing just 138 watts, the Quadra Mini Server is perfect for live sports streaming services looking to reduce latency and cut OPEX.

Peacock achieved its first quarterly profit of $189 million in EBITDA, supported by increased subscriber growth and advertising revenue. Comcast plans to leverage this performance as part of its strategy to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate entity.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is rolling out shoppable pause ads by late 2024, aiming to move beyond direct deals toward programmatic standardization via the IAB Tech Lab. The initiative focuses on creating interactive ecommerce storefronts triggered when viewers pause content, with a specific push to align industry signals for automated ad buying.

RMB, RTBF, and Ad Insertion Platform (AIP) have deployed Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI) on the Auvio streaming platform for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This integration enables precise measurement and ad tracking on live streams with extended DVR windows by combining server-side robustness with client-side signals, eliminating the need for third-party SDKs.

TikTok U.S. Security Chief Will Farrell is set to testify before the House Select Committee on China in September 2026. The hearing will examine structural questions surrounding ByteDance's retained intellectual property rights to the platform's recommendation algorithm and the effectiveness of security measures taken under the January 2026 restructuring.

The Canadian government has ordered the CRTC to review a controversial decision that would require streaming services to contribute 15% of annual revenue to local content funds. This directive follows concerns over potential consumer price hikes and ongoing trade tensions regarding the Online Streaming Act.

This report compares royalty calculations between Access Advance's VDP Pool and Avanci Video across eight streaming service templates, including Netflix. Avanci's royalties run 1.9× to 30.3× higher than Access Advance's with current discounts applied. Key drivers include Avanci's inclusion of ad revenue in its royalty base, higher flat rates than Access Advance's tiered structure, and the absence of a fee cap. The Access Advance–sponsored study was independently researched and calculated by Jan Ozer, with full transparency for verification.