Instant Replay: Streaming Media Connect November 2023

Streaming Media presented its 12th Connect virtual conference November 13 - 16, with media industry cartographer Evan Shapiro as host and MC. Shapiro kicked off the event with a dynamic keynote, digging deep into the Q3 earnings call data to hold the spin doctors accountable and giving an unvarnished view of the industry. Other highlights included The Future of Streaming with Shobana Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering at Google TV, and several panels covering topics such as Cloud Workflows for Streaming and CTV, Optimizing Live Streams at Scale, How Codec Patent Pools Will Impact Streaming in 2024, Making Live Streaming and VOD More Accessible, Live Streaming Technology Trends, and more.

Instant Replay: Streaming Media Connect 2023

ICYMI--Streaming Media presented its 11th Connect virtual conference August 22-24, with Evan Shapiro as host and MC, a cracking keynote from NBCUniversal VP Quincy Olatunde, and 12 dynamic panel discussions featuring industry luminaries sharing their expertise on topics ranging from OTT to FAST to generative AI to emerging codecs to edge delivery to streaming at scale and more. The full archived conference is available right here!

Top Three Reasons Why Quality Monitoring is Critical for Cloud-Native OTT Streaming

With the sharp rise in cloud migration and the increasing unwillingness of viewers to tolerate video streaming quality issues, Joel Daly of Telestream outlines the top three reasons why quality monitoring is critical for cloud-native OTT streaming.

The Video Captioning Conundrum

James Broberg of StreamShark discusses why video captioning is essential for accessibility to video content and increasing viewer comprehension.

Compliance Challenges On The Horizon: How The Rise of Ad-Based Streaming Will Lead To New Tax Obligations

How might the rise of ad-based streaming lead to new tax obligations? Toby Bargar of Avalara discusses the possibilities.

5 Ways to Level Up Your HR and L&D Video Strategy

Are you an HR or L&D leader looking to elevate your department in 2023 and beyond? If so, James Broburg of StreamShark discusses how a robust video strategy should be a crucial part of your plan.

Enterprise Communications for Pharmaceutical Companies: A prescription to video with confidence

Addressing the biggest pain points in live and on-demand video streaming for pharmaceutical companies

Digitization Has Increased the Scope of Online Video Platforms in Businesses and Education

In the past few years, the widespread use of live streaming and online video content in the professional space has created a great need for online video platforms (OVPs). Especially during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when the whole world moved to digitization, the demand for online video platforms experienced significant hype.

Reduce Enterprise Video Traffic Impact with Multicast IPTV

93% of enterprise technology executives say video traffic in their organization is growing. Multicast technologies and IPTV can help ease the load on the network.

What Does It Mean To Be 'Better Than Broadcast?'

"Better than broadcast" has been much discussed among those in the business of providing broadcast and streaming media technologies. It is a call to action that asks how we can improve over the traditional expectation of how broadcast looks, feels and operates. It is a redefinition of what—or who—even qualifies themselves as a broadcaster anymore. It is an effort to get creative, easy-to-use, "broadcast-quality" tools in the hands of more creators.

Enterprise Video Networks Need to Optimize for Increased IPTV Traffic

The use of enterprise video technology picked up significantly in the wake of COVID-19 and is projected to gain momentum through 2021 and beyond. That calls for more robust enterprise network infrastructure to support growing end-user demand for video applications, including IPTV content and digital signage.

Enterprise Video Poised to Continue Growing Post-Pandemic

New research from Streaming Media, Help Me Stream, and Open Exchange reveals that the COVID-19 lockdowns not only highlighted enterprise video's strengths but also exposed its weaknesses.

The 2020 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Winners

26 categories. 220 nominations. More than 25,000 votes. Who took home the big prizes in this year's Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards? Read on.

New Opportunities: 2020's Top 5 Shifts for Videoconferencing Consumption

The pandemic has put videoconferencing and webcasting platforms for distance learning, religious services, government video, and more, and they're likely to stay there permanently.

Post-Pandemic Storytelling: The New Fault Tolerance

Using remote production, houses of worship, schools, concerts, and creative individuals can utilize their flexible, software-backed systems to keep their messages moving out to the world during the pandemic and beyond.

Become Your Own Broadcaster

IP-based media production takes down barriers to entry and opens the door to innovations in quality and creativity.

Preview: Content Delivery Summit 2020

Content Delivery Summit Chair Dom Robinson previews Content Delivery Summit 2020, the leading conference for CDN, edge delivery, and distributed computing, which Streaming Media is hosting as a free full-day webinar on June 1.

Video Publishers’ New Normal: Booming Audiences and Spiralling Costs

News and media video publishers are facing exorbitant video delivery fees and plummeting ad revenues as a result of stay-at-home orders. Now is the time for them to consider alternative revenue streams and affiliate businesses.

Announcing Jan Ozer Encoding Workshops at Streaming Media East Connect

Jan Ozer will be presenting two in-depth workshops on encoding for streaming and on-demand video, the first for novices and the second for advanced users, May 26-27 at Streaming Media East Connect 2020.

Survey: Conference, SMB, Media Events Going Virtual Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

91% of our respondents said they are planning to put on one or more virtual events in the next 6 months, and 59% plan one in the next 30 days. Those are just two of the eye-opening findings in Streaming Media's virtual events survey.