April 27, 2026

Online Video News

NAB 2026: AMC Global Media's AWS-Driven AI Journey

My visit to NAB 2026 skewed heavily toward talking about workflow changes with AI. I tried to keep my travels on the convention floor to very specific examples of AI's impact on streaming workflows, and this article will explore the most interesting ones I found. First up is how AMC Global Media (newly rebranded from AMC Networks) is working with AWS to leverage AI to create better content access.

NAB Is Full of Big Ideas—Live Sports Need Ideas That Work

As we head into another NAB, I'm less interested in what looks impressive in a booth and more interested in what is actually ready to survive in production.

New Study Reveals Power of Contextual in CTV: Content Adjacency Drives 4X Brand Lift for High-Consideration Categories

New research from Video Elephant shows that contextual relevance is the 'missing link' in achieving meaningful brand lift. The new report, titled The Power of Context: Driving Lift Through Video, finds that contextual alignment between an ad and its surrounding content is a primary driver of brand perception, with the power to 4X brand lift compared to industry averages.

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How AI Agents Can Sweep Fragmentation, Frustration, and Fraud Out of CTV

By learning to recognize viewing behaviors that mirror a genuine television experience, agentic systems can distinguish between professionally produced, big-screen content and video that only fits the category with the most loose and generous definitions.

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TAG Video Systems Brings Realtime Monitoring to AWS Elemental MediaConnect Router

As one of the first monitoring integrations for the newly launched AWS service, TAG gives broadcast engineers instant visibility into dynamic cloud routing workflows

Ant Media's Spaceport Volumetric Video Platform and 1000 Volt Post Production Announce Strategic Partnership

Pioneering the “Digital Production Suite” — Merging Volumetric Video Capture with World-Class Post-Production at NAB 2026, Booth #W3317

Wowza Launches Video Intelligence Framework to Turn Live Video Into Actionable Signals for Media and Sports

Wowza today announced the general availability of Wowza Video Intelligence Framework, a new capability that helps media and sports organizations turn live video into structured, real-time signals their systems can use. Built to run alongside Wowza Stre