May 18, 2026

Online Video News

Creator Content Crossing the Media Chasm at Web Summit Vancouver 2026

We are now seeing a groundswell of content coming from social platforms and podcasts that challenges everything about how legacy media has operated. The Web Summit conference that happened in Vancouver this week, which The Guardian dubbed "Glastonbury for geeks," served up a next-gen creator vibe in its Creative Summit typified by a panel titled "How Fandom is Transforming Entertainment" that explored how responsive fan communities are driving and defining content creation.

Nominate Now for the 2026 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

What's your favorite streaming tool, tech, or service? What is the most important new innovation in the business in 2026? It's time to make your nominations for Streaming Media's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards, our annual industry awards program chosen by end users.

Blog

Broadcast & Cable Are Ready to Reintroduce Themselves to Advertisers

Traditional TV's audience story is far more stable than the narrative suggests. What changed isn't the value of the content or the audience. It's how advertisers could transact against it.

Advertisers are Missing The Top World Cup Opportunities

Live World Cup inventory commands a premium for good reason. It delivers scale, emotion, and cultural visibility. But cultural relevance does not automatically equal performance. As CPMs climb and frequency compresses inside those high-demand windows, measurement becomes more complex and optimization more limited.

Agentic AI Is Reshaping Local Planning and Activation

The impact of agentic AI is a shift from managing campaigns to defining how they should operate. It is an opportunity to refine how local campaigns are planned and executed, and to unlock new levels of precision, efficiency, and performance in the years ahead.

Strategizing XR for Video

Now that technology giants Google, Samsung, Meta, Apple and Qualcomm have all thrown their hats in the XR ring, media companies are starting to consider how and when they should leverage XR. This means it's time for video providers to look much more seriously at developing an XR strategy.

Industry News

Smarter Monetization, Stronger Retention, and Purpose-Driven Solutions: Viaccess-Orca Brings Efficiency and Innovation to BroadcastAsia 2026

BroadcastAsia 2026 Exhibitor Preview May 20-22, 2026 Singapore Expo, Singapore Stand: 5F2-5

Miri V410 Encoder/Decoder Wins 2026 NAB Show Product of the Year and TV Tech Best of Show Awards

Versatile, user-focused solution for streaming and IP media workflows earns dual accolades for innovation and practical benefits

Bitmovin Powers Global Film Streaming Platform, MUBI

Bitmovin announced that MUBI has chosen Bitmovin as its cloud VOD encoding partner, replacing MUBI’s legacy on-premises encoding setup to improve scalability and turnaround time for its growing catalogue. The managed cloud service will support 3-pass enco

Interra Systems to Showcase Best-in-Class QC, Monitoring, and AI-Based Solutions Across Live OTT, Linear, and VOD Workflows at BroadcastAsia 2026

At BroadcastAsia 2026, Interra Systems will demonstrate its latest innovations in automated quality control (QC), real-time monitoring, and captioning.