Single-show drop-ins who subscribe and churn in short order are the bane of subscription-based streaming services. In this clip from Streaming Media Connect, Philo's Steven Chang, Horse & Country's David Guinan, and Chris Pfaff Tech Media's Chris Pfaff discuss some tried-and-true or newly emerging strategies services can deploy to keep fair-weather fans in the fold.
27 Aug 2026
The benefits of leveraging AI in automating live stream monitoring seem self-evident, especially at scale, given the sheer amount of information required to track all aspects of a live stream from ingest to delivery and the speed at which that data arrives. Human eyes on glass can only absorb so much. But where is AI working and not working in 2026 when it comes to live stream observability and the monitoring tasks streaming teams are currently off-loading to it? AWS's Steph Lone, TAG's Michael Demb, and Streaming Media's Nadine Krefetz discuss in this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2026.
27 Aug 2026
As streaming consumers increasingly gravitate toward multiview sports and multiscreen experiences that combine content from phones and CTVs and other devices, does lack of sync across devices or different feeds or content sources threaten to scuttle or detract from the seamlessness of that experience? Roku's Margret Schmidt, SVT Play's Annika Bidner, Hub Entertainment Research's Shannon McKenzie, and Chris Pfaff Tech Media's Chris Pfaff discuss various scenarios in which sync is more or less critical in this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2026.
25 Aug 2026
NASA+ confronts many of the same difficulties of other large-scale streamers when it comes to ingesting, encoding, and delivering live video—particularly with remote teams—but transmitting over millions of miles also comes with complications other streamers might not have imagined. In this clip from their keynote at Streaming Media Connect 2026, NASA+ GM Rebecca Sirmons and SVTA Streaming Strategist Bhavesh Upadhyaya discuss the unique demands and product and project management challenges of streaming NASA's Artemis lunar missions and what it will take for NASA+ to stream from the Moon Base that is in the planning stages now.
20 Aug 2026
One way agentic AI is making inroads into streaming monetization, as I learned at Streaming Media Connect, offers the potential to complement and free up time for human creativity rather than replace it.
23 Jun 2026
Opening our blog to a never-ending stream of guest contributors yields some of the coolest stuff we publish, with topics that would never occur to me. Though I rarely know when these pieces will arrive or where they'll come from, it is often heady, provocative stuff that I'm proud to publish.
16 Mar 2026
While advertising has long been a unidirectional experience, there have been forays into making it bidirectional for a long time. The value proposition is pretty clear. If people are watching a show and an advertisement comes on showcasing a product that interests them, wouldn't it be great if they could grab the remote, push a couple of buttons, and have it delivered to their doorstep?
26 Feb 2026
There are a few tools that many streaming pros have used through the years, from WeTransfer to Brightcove to Vimeo. Some are essential to content creation, OTT delivery, and live streaming. All of these tools have one important thing in common now: their recent acquisition by the Italian company Bending Spoons.
15 Dec 2025
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