October 27, 2025

Short Cuts

Ex-Disney Tech Ops Expert Sarge Sargent Talks AI/ML and Building Better Dashboards

In this wide-ranging interview from Streaming Media 2025, streaming industry vets Sarge Sargent and Timothy Fore-Siglin talk leveraging and deploying machine learning (ML) and generative AI (Gen AI) beyond the hype.

DoveRunner’s Erik Peña Talks Security at Scale for Livestreams and VOD at Streaming Media 2025

DoveRunner product manager Erik Peña discusses distributed and forensic watermarking, multi-DRM, and other aspects of the approach DoveRunner takes to protect premium live and on-demand content in this in-depth interview with Streaming Media contributing editor Timothy Fore-Siglin at Streaming Media 2025.

Pocket.watch SVP David B. Williams Talks Evolving Creator-Audience, Social-CTV-OTT Dynamics

Describing YouTube as the "Hunger Games of content," pocket.watch SVP Channels David B. Williams explains how pocket.watch identifies the "apex predators" and brings those stars to additional streaming platforms, merchandising, and more as the relationship between the creator economy social media "farm teams" and traditional CTV and OTT platforms and the dynamic of creator and audience continue to evolve in this discussion with Streaming Media Contributing Editor Timothy Fore-Siglin at Streaming Media 2025.

EZDRM’s Olga Kornienko Talks C2PA, Content Authenticity, and DRM at Streaming Media 2025

In a candid interview at Streaming Media 2025, EZDRM COO and co-founder Olga Kornienko and Future Frames producer Doug Daulton trade helpful analogies in discussing the growing importance of content provenance in the age of generative AI and deepfakes, as well as the role that the C2PA standard and DRM providers like EZDRM can play in protecting content authenticity and content creators' rights in a changing media landscape.

Industry News

THE BENEFITS OF LAUNCHING YOUR OWN STREAMING SERVICE

Streaming is no longer an alternative to traditional television, it’s now the leading way audiences choose to consume content. For content owners, operators, and niche creators, the question isn’t if you should join the streaming landscape, but how. Wh

LTN introduces live news and sports streaming capabilities for broadcast stations

LTN has launched new capabilities for broadcast stations to launch streaming channels faster, deliver live and localized news and sports, and expand distribution across MVPDs, vMVPDs, and OTT platforms.

Bitmovin Supercharges its Player Testing System with AI to Reach Over 1 Million Video Player Tests Per Week

Bitmovin, leading provider of video streaming solutions, has announced that its internal playback stream testing system for the Bitmovin Player now leverages AI analysis, enabling it to process over 1 million stream tests every week. Additionally, Bitmovi