SRT Over the Internet vs. SRT in the Cloud: Where the Operational Differences Begin

Both SRT and RIST address the same fundamental challenge: transporting high-quality live video reliably across unpredictable, best-effort networks. Because these protocols work so well, it is easy to assume that selecting SRT or RIST largely solves the problem. In reality, selecting the transport protocol is only the first step.

Streaming’s Next Challenge Isn’t Video Quality, It’s Delivery Efficiency

Since streaming has become the dominant way audiences consume content, the next major constraint isn't the ability to create better video experiences, it's how to deliver those experiences effectively at scale.

Moving Beyond Cost-Cutting to Optimize Streaming TCO

Video services are under immense pressure to reduce costs and optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). However, a tunnel vision focus on cost efficiency alone is a risky strategy for a number of reasons. If video services want to truly optimize TCO, they need to look much wider than solely focusing on cutting costs.

Reducing TCO for Streaming Services

Financial pressures felt over the last few years has led to a new set of challenges around total cost of ownership (TCO). Video services are now tasked with finding ways to reduce spending and increase revenue generation, all without increasing churn, and this has caused the age-old build versus buy debate to resurface.

The 6 Principles That Will Define the Future of Streaming Infrastructure

The current delivery environment is fragmented and dynamic. In this environment, the industry needs to shift its focus from trying to optimize a stable system to instead operate effectively within an unstable one. That requires a different architectural mindset built around six core principles.

Beyond Delivery: Why Streaming Success Is Defined by Customer Experience

QoE is no longer a technical KPI; it is a business-critical metric. Yet, despite its importance, many organizations still lack the tools and visibility needed to measure and optimize it effectively.

License-Layer Security: The Missing Piece in OTT Content Protection

DRM has long been the foundation of OTT content protection — but it was never designed to defend against the way modern piracy actually works. Organized operations have shifted their focus to the license layer, using compromised Content Decryption Modules and automated key extraction tools to decrypt and redistribute content at scale, all while DRM servers process the requests as legitimate. For Tier-1 platforms operating under strict studio licensing agreements and competing for high-value exclusive content, this gap carries real business consequences — from contractual penalties to weakened positioning in rights negotiations — and closing it requires a layer of protection that standard DRM simply doesn't provide.

Streaming’s Next Phase Demands a New Kind of Infrastructure

The economics and the architecture of conventional delivery networks are increasingly misaligned with the realities of modern streaming. Architectures that can dynamically match capacity to demand are far more efficient.

The New MVPs: Why Teamwork and Tech Will Win the Streaming Game

A moment's buffering during a game might send fans running. This is where the need for scale, reliability, and quality converge. So, how do providers deliver seamless, captivating experiences for millions of viewers? The answer isn't found in a solo technology or company, but at the intersection of technology and smart collaboration.

When Sports Piracy Goes Industrial: Building a Coordinated Defense

For organizations such as LaLiga, the NFL, and the Premier League, the growing sophistication of sports streaming piracy at scale changes how piracy must be addressed. What was once treated as a reactive enforcement issue now requires a coordinated, technology-driven strategy that protects content without degrading the fan experience. Connecting protection, detection, attribution, and enforcement creates a more resilient defense model that can respond at the same speed and scale as modern piracy operations.

Streaming, Hybrid Delivery, and the Reinvention of Broadcast Infrastructure

Today's audiences expect flexibility, immediate access, and personalized experiences. They move fluidly between devices and platforms, and they are less concerned with how content reaches them than with how easily it fits into their daily routines. For broadcasters and content providers, this creates both an opportunity and a significant challenge. The industry must transition from rigid, tower-based workflows to agile, IP-native systems that accommodate evolving behaviors without compromising reliability or quality.

Built to Scale? Why Live Sports Need Multicast ABR and a Video-Specialized CDN

Live streaming is rapidly emerging as the primary destination for major sports events, but not without significant challenges. For sports streamers, three imperatives are emerging as critical priorities: scale more efficiently, reduce operational and environmental costs, and secure content against piracy. All while giving fans the high-quality experiences they demand from investing in multiple premium subscriptions.

No Second Chances: Why Streaming Providers Should Embrace a Unified Observability Approach to Avoid Costly Site Failures

When millions tune in for live events, just seconds of downtime can have irreversible costs. Here's how providers can build resilience into their tech stack.

Optimizing OTT Experiences: Five Streaming Strategies That Deliver Better QoE

This article explores practical, vendor-neutral strategies that OTT service providers can use to strengthen QoE across the entire delivery chain, from pre-delivery checks and multi-stage monitoring to client-side analytics and emerging innovations in automation and personalization.

Anatomy of a Low-Latency Origin Service

At the core of every streaming workflow is the origin server—the system that receives encoded video segments and playlist files from an encoder and makes them available to the distribution network. The origin acts as the authoritative source for the stream, ensuring that each request from a video player, whether for the latest HLS segment or an updated manifest, is served with accuracy and speed. Its performance directly impacts startup latency, playback stability, and the ability of a stream to scale to millions of concurrent viewers.

The Next Evolution in Streaming Depends on Distribution

In the modern streaming ecosystem, the content owner often must now deliver the content to numerous streaming platforms while modifying the content in each case to meet the tangled web of unique needs associated with distributing their content on each streaming platform. 

From Dish to Digital: How Standards and Smart Protocols Are Powering IP distribution

IP-based infrastructure is becoming the backbone of next-generation media operations. It's reshaping how broadcasters think about scale, flexibility, and cost, moving away from more constrained satellite models toward smarter, agile, software-defined workflows built on interoperable standards.

Three Emerging Forces That Will Reshape the Content Delivery Space

The content delivery world is getting more complex. The traditional CDN model has splintered, the need for vendor diversity is rising, and user expectations keep inching upward. But it's not all friction. Several emerging technologies and standards are poised to meaningfully improve Quality of Experience (QoE)—not just in a piecemeal way, but across the entire delivery path. Here's a closer look at three forces that will reshape the future of content delivery.

Streaming Platforms and CDNs: Time for Disruption

CDNs are clearly strategic partners for content streamers, yet content delivery is often viewed as a commodity service. This has resulted in massive turmoil within the CDN industry. Several CDNs have already collapsed under the pressure or simply left the market. Other CDNs, to remain viable, have diversified into areas such as security and edge computing. That might be a great business strategy for the CDNs—but it means they're no longer solely focused on the needs of streaming video platforms.

Three CDN Strategies To Lower Live Streaming Latency

Akhil Ramachandran addresses some key challenges he faced when he added low latency streaming support for MediaStore, leveraging the state-of-the-art Chunked Transfer Encoding, and the strategies adopted to solve them.