Q&A: Accenture's John Peters Talks MotoGP and the Future of Direct-to-Fan Sports Streaming

In this Q&A, Accenture Global Media & Entertainment Lead John Peters discusses how MediaEngage is poised to transform the MotoGP fan experience, what "personalization at scale" really means in sports streaming, how AI is changing sports streaming ops and capabilities, and how direct-to-fan capabilities are likely to change the way leagues deliver sports and how fans consume them going forward.

The Appeal of Neuro-Contextual Advertising: A Q&A With Seedtag’s Brian Danzis

Seedtag is an ad platform that introduced "neuro-contextual" advertising that is powered by its AI, Liz. Seedtag uses minimal personal data to provide an alternative, neuroscience-based approach to serving relevant ads. I spoke to Brian Danzis, Global Chief Revenue Officer, about what's involved in Seedtag's technology and where the company's vision fits into the streaming industry as it evolves. 

When Millions Tune In at Once, Observability Has to Keep Up

The World Cup experience points to several broader lessons for streaming providers preparing for major live events. When millions of people are watching simultaneously, observability has to operate at the same scale, speed, and fidelity as the stream itself.

Roseberry and Fremantle Bring Neighbours to Vertical Television

Iconic Fremantle soap to be reimagined as a mobile-first vertical series using RoseBerry's proprietary RedSnapper technology. Classic Ramsay Street storylines from the iconic series will debut on RoseBerry's vertical streaming service epis, with further distribution deals expected to follow

IBC2026: Broadcasters Warn of ‘Decisive Decade’ as AI and IP Upend the Media Value Chain

Across Europe, North America, and the UK, the transition from DTT to IP is already underway. But at the IBC Show in Amsterdam this week this is being framed as a fight for relevance, visibility, and trust in a world dominated by YouTube and consumption algorithms.

Dolby Expands Dolby OptiView Platform with New Capabilities at IBC 2026

New Sports Intelligence helps providers better understand and deepen fan engagement, as Dolby Vision comes to the platform alongside updates to Dolby OptiView Ads

CAMB.AI Unveils the World’s First Multilingual Broadcasting Agent Powered by NVIDIA

CAMB.AI unveils its new Streaming Dashboard and SDK at IBC2026, bringing real-time multilingual broadcasting into live production workflows.

Quickplay Unveils Engagement Quality Score, Powering Content to Value for Media Ecosystems

New workflow-embedded intelligence tool scores every asset for engagement value, unlocking greater audience impact from existing streaming catalogs

IBC2026: G&L CEO Alexander Leschinsky Talks AI-Powered Sign Language for Live and On-Demand Streaming

Heralding AI Digital Signer for German Sign Language (DGS)'s IBC2026 debut, I had the opportunity to sit down with G&L Systemhaus CEO Alexander Leschinsky to discuss the product, the inclusivity, accessibility, and market needs it addresses, and the challenges of making AI-generated sign language interpretation work in a livestreamed context.

Eluvio Claims Breakthrough in Ultra-Low-Latency Streaming After World Cup Pilot

Eluvio CEO and co-founder Michelle Munson says the streaming industry is entering a new phase where ultra-low-latency performance is no longer a niche requirement but a fundamental expectation for global sports. After a summer of high-pressure testing during the FIFA World Cup, she argues that Eluvio's Content Fabric has demonstrated a level of consistency that conventional cloud/CDN architectures simply cannot match.

The 2026 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards Finalists Revealed

More than 1,000 readers voted in 15 categories. We'll announce the winners in the Fall issue of Streaming Media magazine, but here's a tease—the top three vote-getters in each category. And you just might be surprised at the names you see.

Instant Replay: Streaming Media Connect August 2026

Streaming Media Connect returned this week with six dynamic keynotes from NASA+, Google, TiVo, BallySports, Wowza, and TwelveLabs, and peak-form panels on refining your live streaming playbook, tuning latency, matching ads to content, scaling streaming architecture, curbing churn, leveraging AI in personalized content discovery, innovating streaming UX, optimizing QoS and QoE, and a timely dissection of Disney's 4K EU blackout.

Sneak Preview: Match Game: AI, Ad Tech, and Contextual Advertising

On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Revry's Alia J. Daniels, DCG's Crystal Foote, Servers.com' Bradley Lewington, and Sargeway's Sarge Sargent will join Dataxis' Ophélie Boucaud, Principal Analyst, Dataxis for the Streaming Media Connect panel "Match Game: AI, Ad Tech, and Contextual Advertising." This panel of ad tech and ad strategy experts provides a snapshot of the current and evolving state of contextual ad-targeting—one of the fastest-moving targets in the streaming and CTV industry.

NASA, Google, TiVo, Bally's, Wowza & TwelveLabs to Headline Streaming Media Connect with Must-See Series of Keynote Fireside Chats

On Tuesday, August 11, Streaming Media will launch 20th Streaming Media Connect virtual event with an exclusive fireside chat with NASA's GM & Head of NASA+ Rebecca Sirmons, back by popular demand! Each morning of the 3-day event will kick off at 11am ET/8am PT with back-to-back keynote fireside chats featuring a varied array of industry luminaries, including TwelveLabs' Simon Lecointe, Google's Shobana Radhakrishnan, Wowza's Krish Kumar, TiVo's Briana Larsen, and Bally's Media's Jon Lin.

Sneak Preview: Optimizing Live Streaming QoS and QoE

On August 12, panelists from AWS, Paramount, Al Jazeera, and TAG Video Systems will join the Streaming Media Connect panel "Optimizing Live Streaming QoS and QoE." From measuring and improving rebuffering, startup time, and bitrate quality to tying QoE metrics directly to retention, this panel focuses on quantifiable streaming metrics that matter, as well as harder-to-measure viewer satisfaction signals that define true QoS (quality of service) and QoE (quality of experience). Come for the real-world war stories from high-stakes live events, where every hiccup costs viewers and revenue, and stay for the real-time QoS/QoE Q&A with live streaming's best and brightest.

Sneak Preview: Find It Fast: Leveraging AI in CTV Discovery

On Thursday, Aug. 13, Dataxis Principal Analyst Ophélie Boucaud will moderate the Streaming Media Connect panel "Find It FAST: Leveraging AI in CTV Discovery," with panelists from TiVo, Gracenote, Hub, and Future Today. AI is transforming how viewers find content and the never-ending struggle for visibility in a saturated content ecosystem. This panel unpacks the recommendation engine architectures and real-time personalization pipelines that top streaming platforms and EPGs are using to surface the right content for the right user at the right moment and the increasing shift toward agent-assisted, conversational search.

Sneak Preview: The Retention Game: Managing Subscriber Acquisition and Churn

On Thursday, Aug. 13, Roku's Nicole Fencel, Philo's Steven Chang, Women in Streaming Media's Deepali Narsiker, and Horse & Country's David Guinan will join Chris Pfaff for the Streaming Media Connect panel "The Retention Game: Managing Subscriber Acquisition and Churn." Join this closing panel for a candid discussion on which subscriber acquisition and retention strategies work in 2026 and which ones fail to move the needle. Learn how leading streaming platforms are drawing on data science insights and leveraging personalization to turn one-show drop-ins into long-term, loyal subscribers.

Visualizing Verticalization at Scale: A Q&A with Ateliere's Flavius Goman on Ateliere Storyline

This Q&A with Ateliere president and COO Flavius Goman explores how Ateliere Storyline tackles high-volume content verticalization, including meeting the challenges of conscientious frame-cropping (especially for complex and high-action scenes), manual review, the story interpretation involved in compelling automated serialization, and how this technology might be used outside of a strictly entertainment context.

QC’ing Live Streams at Scale in the Age of AI: A Q&A with Interra Systems' Anupama Anantharaman

In this Q&A, I had the opportunity to discuss the fast-evolving requirements and best practices for live streaming QC at scale with Anupama Anantharaman, VP Product Management at Interra Systems, developers of the ORION-OTT comprehensive monitoring solution for live and OTT. The 2025 Streaming Media All-Star offers insights into how AI is changing live stream monitoring, how performing "deep QC" impacts streaming workflows, the best KPIs for predictive monitoring, and the continuing role of humans in an increasingly AI-supported QC world.

Vote in the 2026 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

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