In this cogent clip from Streaming Media Connect 2026, Verimatrix Director of Product Management Maria Malinkowitsch offers five concrete preventive steps content publishers and rightsholders can take to curb illegal streaming.
23 Jun 2026
As FAST makes inroads into the world of premium sports rights and broadcasting, will it eat away at the market share of larger broadcasters and networks? Sports Studio Co-President Cathy Rasenberger contends that with the enormous expense of sports rights and the fragmentation of audiences and fans across multiple platforms, rightsholders who don't spread those rights around those platforms—including FAST and social—will have increasing difficulty finding their audience and maximizing reach and ROI. Head of Fubo Studios Pamela Duckworth chimes in with examples of how those rights are actually divided among platforms (top-dog and underdog) in creative strategies for reaching niche audiences in this candid discussion with Chris Pfaff Tech Media CEO Chris Pfaff at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
23 Jun 2026
When Sweden-based SVT leveraged cloud-based workflows to stream the Olympics, how did it impact staff, and did it require retraining or new skills? According to SVT's Madelen Ottosson in this discussion with Eyevinn Technology's Magnus Svensson at Streaming Media Connect 2026, cloud-based sports streaming at scale demands fundamental changes to the way streaming producers work in a control room today. Ottosson goes on to detail the types of reskilling that can be particularly difficult for producers with long histories in the business and experience with more traditional workflows, and LiveSports, LLC's Jef Kethley affirms many of her points about the challenges of expanding existing production skillsets.
18 Jun 2026
How will the advent of agentic AI impact CTV advertising and streaming adtech in ways that previously predominant AI technologies (AI/ML, generative AI) haven't left their mark on OTT monetization technologies, workflows, management, and strategy? IAB Tech Lab's Shailley Singh offers a concise explanation of the current state of play, and what IAB Tech Lab is developing with its agent-to-agent communication framework, while FreeWheel's Jeff Ellin offers a candid take on where buyers, sellers, and publishers are with agentic and LLM implementation today in this discussion with Streaming Media's Nadine Krefetz at Streaming Media Connect 2026.
16 Jun 2026