Streaming Media - Online Video News, Trends, and Analysis

Kaltura Valued at $1.24 Billion After IPO

After the pandemic scuttled an IPO in 2020, the 15-year-old enterprise and education video platform company floated on NASDAQ and raised $150 million to grow marketing, sales, and tech efforts.

22 Jul 2021

How to Scale Live Streaming Architecture

Verizon Media's Darren Lepke discusses how to meet the challenges of scaling live streaming architecture to TV/cable-like dimensions for effective delivery of major events in this clip from Streaming Media East Connect 2021.

23 Jul 2021

Partnering, Scaling, and Distributing OTT Content

Xumo SVP, Product Chris Hall discusses how Xumo approaches partnering with content owners on distribution and monetization in this clip from Streaming Media East Connect 2021.

21 Jul 2021

Hybrid Learning - The New Normal

Ohio State's Scott Nelson and DiscoverVideo's Rich Mavrogeanes discuss how pivots to online learning necessitated in both K-12 and higher-ed during the pandemic proven the concept, cultivated enduring new skills, and exposed underlying systemic weaknesses, all of which will inform the hybrid educational future that lies ahead.

19 Jul 2021

How to Improve UX with SSAI

SeaChange Lead Solutions Architect explains how dynamic server-side ad insertion (SSAI) improves the streaming user experience by enabling ads to be served with the same QoS as content in this clip from Streaming Media East Connect 2021.

16 Jul 2021

Class Act

Back to School with New Video Teaching Skills

Educators learned a lot about video learning over the last 18 months. With most schools reopening this fall, how do you integrate those new skills and techniques into the physical classroom?

09 Jul 2021

The Producer's View

Defend Your Video Encoding Choices with Data

If you're charged with configuring your encoding ladder, there are a few datapoints you should have nailed. The most important is the VMAF score of the top rung of your encoding ladder.

09 Jul 2021

Ad Sense

OTT Ad Tech's Biggest Challenges (and a Few Solutions)

OTT advertising technology is at a crossroads, as brands work to build relationships with consumers without alienating them. Here's a look at some of biggest questions facing the ad tech industry, along with some possible answers.

01 Jul 2021