David Hassoun

David Hassoun
Streaming Media Consultant
Muxed Consulting - ex-Dolby, RealEyes

David Hassoun was the founder, visionary and leader of RealEyes for 18 years before being acquired by Dolby Laboratories. During his tenure at Dolby he was the Chief Technologist for the Dolby Cloud Solutions organization and helped connect business, product and technology teams to drive Dolby towards success in the media streaming space and is currently a co-chair of the Advertising working group for the SVTA. He has a track record of providing creative solutions to some of the industry's most challenging problems, understanding business requirements and limitations, and funneling all of that into actionable solutions that can be distributed and executed by his teams and our clients. David’s career started over 20 years ago and he also taught as an adjunct professor for grad and undergrad students for 10 years at the University of Denver. He is no stranger to large scale, high pressure streaming events: he’s worked with some of the biggest names in the industry to deliver thousands of live streaming events, including five Olympics, and three Super Bowls. 

Streaming Media West 2022

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Delivering Reliable Live Streams at Scale

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Innovation Session

Streaming Media West 2019

Monday, November 18, 2019

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Deploying CMAF; Why, When, & How

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

The Video Engineer’s Toolbox

Streaming Media East 2019

Monday, May 6, 2019

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Deploying CMAF: Why, When, & How

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

How to Establish an Intelligent Multi-CDN Strategy

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

The (Live) Streaming Pro’s Toolbox

Streaming Media West 2018

Monday, November 12, 2018

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Encoding Live & VOD for HEVC/HLS

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Tools & Techniques for Diagnosing & Resolving Problems in Large-Scale Events

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

CDN Optimization: Working Toward Broadcast Economics & Quality at Scale

Streaming Media East 2018

Monday, May 7, 2018

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Encoding Live & VOD for HEVC/HLS

Streaming Media West 2017

Streaming Media University - Wednesday, November 1, 2017

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

W4: Encoding Live and VOD for HEVC/HLS

Thursday, November 2, 2017

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

HOW TO: Building a More Robust Cloud Encoder With FFMPEG & More

Friday, November 3, 2017

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

How To: Reducing Latency and Startup Times

Streaming Media West 2016

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

How To: Build Your Own Cloud Encoder With FFmpeg

Streaming Media West 2014

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Replacing Flash: Adaptive Streaming and DRM in HTML5