Streaming Media is a diversified news media company dedicated to serving the streaming media industry and community. Its business encompasses StreamingMedia.com, exhibitions and conferences like Streaming Media Connect, and research and publications. The company provides industry professionals with global news, resources, and services through editorial content, feature articles, and case studies. Streaming Media differentiates itself by offering a comprehensive platform for education and networking within the digital media technology space.
A conference for streaming media professionals held August 11-13, 2026.
A conference for streaming media professionals.
A newsletter focusing on live sports streaming.
A newsletter focusing on CTV strategy.
A directory of sports streaming suppliers.
A directory and sourcebook of streaming media companies and services.
A streaming media guide on best practices for localization using AI subbing and dubbing.
A streaming media guide on best practices for sports and esports strategies.
A web event previewing IBC streaming solutions, coming September 03, 2026.
A web event on turning viewer data into actionable insights, coming September 24, 2026.
Streaming providers are shifting focus from subscriber acquisition to operational yield and profitability as market saturation increases. The article highlights that fragmented infrastructure and manual reconciliation in ad-supported tiers lead to significant revenue leakage, advocating for AI-powered operational workflows to improve monetization.
Fox has agreed to acquire Roku for $22 billion, signaling a strategic shift toward FAST as a primary revenue driver. The acquisition highlights the growing demand for integrated streaming infrastructure, including server-side ad insertion and automated workflows, to support the rapid expansion of FAST viewership.
Quicly has developed a browser-based multiview system that utilizes Media over QUIC (MoQ) and Cloudflare relays to achieve a median glass-to-glass latency of 683ms. The solution allows for independent control of video angles within a single iframe while maintaining compatibility with existing SRT contribution encoders.
Broadpeak has launched Multiview as a Service on its broadpeak.io SaaS platform, allowing streaming providers to deploy user-curated multi-feed experiences for live sports. The managed service utilizes a usage-based model to reduce infrastructure requirements and CAPEX for operators.
Executives from TiVo, Future Today, and Dataxis discuss strategies for managing generative AI costs in CTV discovery by using 'traffic cop' logic to triage queries. The panel highlights the importance of balancing token consumption with latency requirements by reserving LLMs for complex requests while using vector databases and traditional metadata for simpler tasks.
This article previews an upcoming panel at Streaming Media Connect featuring industry experts from Disney, Revry, and Digital Culture Group. The discussion will focus on the role of AI and LLMs in extracting scene-level contextual signals for CTV advertising and the challenges of establishing standardized taxonomies.
Deltatre COO Gilles Mas outlines the technical infrastructure and planning required to support global, large-scale live sporting events like the FIFA World Cup. The discussion highlights the importance of multi-CDN redundancy, rigorous app store certification processes, and the strategic use of Deltatre's AXIS and NEXUS platforms to manage concurrent viewer loads.
Streaming platforms are increasingly adopting interactive pause ad formats to meet advertiser demand for performance-based metrics on Connected TV. While current implementations remain fragmented, the industry is moving toward standardized programmatic signaling to support viewer-initiated engagements like taps and scans.
Streaming Media Connect 2026 will host a series of fireside chats featuring executives from NASA, Google, TiVo, Bally's, Wowza, and TwelveLabs. The sessions will cover technical topics including space-based streaming infrastructure, the role of agentic AI in streaming user experiences, and real-time live video processing strategies.
Modern cloud-based production platforms now enable live streamers to simultaneously broadcast in landscape and portrait orientations. This workflow leverages cloud tools to manage scene switching across different aspect ratios while automating secondary tasks like live clipping and captioning for social media.
