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Live Streaming

Live streaming services are pushing the limits of online video and OTT, and live events are still the standards by which the success of the industry are judged. Look here for the latest news on live streaming trends, as well as how-to and technical articles on everything from live production to live linear channels.

Streaming Media Connect back in November with a peek at Building the 2027 Streaming Strategy Playbook.
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The Match Is No Longer the Beginning of the Journey

The sports industry spends a lot of time discussing how to attract younger audiences. Every conference seems to feature a panel on Gen Z viewing habits. Every strategy document contains a section on fan acquisition. Every rights holder, broadcaster and streaming platform is searching for the next generation of supporters. Yet despite all this attention, I often feel we are asking the wrong question.

Zero-Sum Game: Calculating and Managing Streaming TCO

While total cost of ownership spans an encyclopedic number of operational touchpoints, managing a video P&L ultimately comes down to making targeted, high-impact architectural choices.

Review: Magewell Director Plus

In this review, I'll tell you about the new Magewell Director Plus all-in-one streaming device … and how I tried to kill it. 

Q&A: Tennis Channel SVP Direct-to-Consumer Matthew Graham Talks Launching, Programming, and Scaling the Tennis Channel App

In late 2023, Tennis Channel brought in AMC Networks and PBS Digital veteran Matthew Graham to spearhead the development of the network's DTC app. In this Q&A, Graham delves into the app's content, monetization, partnership, and growth strategy, as well as how Tennis Channel positions the app in relation to its other platforms and leverages data and audience insights to measure customer lifetime value, personalize content, and inform future strategic decisions.

Spotlights

Readers' Choice Awards Winners' Circle: Wowza

Michael Vitale explains that reliable, extensible, and flexible media infrastructure can solve streaming's toughest challenges. 

Your Library Is Already a Linear Channel. Your Platform Just Doesn't Know It Yet.

Aviion previews a unified live and on-demand model at IBC2026: 24/7 channels built from existing content, no playout hardware, and a live state that stays correct on every screen.

Five seconds used to count as low latency. Now only 16% agree.

Igor Orepur discusses the latest findings of Bitmovin's Video Developer Report

Speed, Security, Personalization, Sovereignty: What Real-Time Video Needs to Actually Work for Interactive Use Cases

Nanocosmos' Oliver Lietz discusses real-time video for interactive use cases.

Columns

Lessons in Live Verticalization and Dual-Aspect Streaming

So, how do you meet your audience "where they are" if you don't know where they'll be when they see your video? You stream it both vertically and horizontally at the same time, and you leverage technology to re-orient your content automatically. 

AI Meets Adtech

During an "AI Meets Adtech" panel at Streaming Media 2025 in Santa Monica in October, I did my best to stir things up with a group of industry thought leaders that included Google's Inderpreet Sandhu, Tavant's Filiz Bahmanpour, FOX's Amit Shetty, IAB Tech Lab's Shailley Singh, and former Disney tech ops expert Sarge Sargent.

Which Is Better for Sports Production--More Cameras or More Ops?

Typical broadcast-level sports productions are massive, with dozens of cameras and operators all over the place, and dozens more people working in and around the production trucks. So how does one, independent producer make their content more like "the big league" when there isn't a dozen people to help?

Untethered Broadcasting: Where the Live Sports Streaming Puck Is Going

In the metaphorical "where the puck is going" sense, anticipating and serving the needs of "highlights first" Gen Z viewers for whom linear, lean-back, beginning-to-end game-viewing is less than satisfying is critical to moving with the times and maintaining major sports leagues' relevance in the years to come.

Live Streaming Companies and Suppliers