July 06, 2026

Online Video News

The Match Is No Longer the Beginning of the Journey

The sports industry spends a lot of time discussing how to attract younger audiences. Every conference seems to feature a panel on Gen Z viewing habits. Every strategy document contains a section on fan acquisition. Every rights holder, broadcaster, and streaming platform is searching for the next generation of supporters. Yet despite all this attention, I often feel we are asking the wrong question.

Visualizing Verticalization at Scale: A Q&A with Ateliere's Flavius Goman on Ateliere Storyline

This Q&A with Ateliere president and COO Flavius Goman explores how Ateliere Storyline tackles high-volume content verticalization, including meeting the challenges of conscientious frame-cropping (especially for complex and high-action scenes), manual review, the story interpretation involved in compelling automated serialization, and how this technology might be used outside of a strictly entertainment context.

Short Cuts

Why Streaming Antipiracy Needs to Move From Reactive to Preventive

Given the vast array of hacks available to stream-stealers and pirates in 2026, reactive antipiracy measures only go so far, identifying or even pinpointing the problem after the fact without preventing it, and often providing little legal recourse against pirates operating outside the regional regulatory environment where a rightsholder can pursue them. In this clip from her keynote fireside chat with Streaming Media's Steve Nathans-Kelly from Streaming Media Connect 2026, Verimatrix' Maria Malinkowitsch explains the difference between reactive and proactive antipiracy measures, and how rightsholders and publishers can pursue more effective approaches to take down illegal streams while they're happening—or at least reduce the number of pirates to "a chasable amount."

Blog

The 6 Principles That Will Define the Future of Streaming Infrastructure

The current delivery environment is fragmented and dynamic. In this environment, the industry needs to shift its focus from trying to optimize a stable system to instead operate effectively within an unstable one. That requires a different architectural mindset built around six core principles.

Industry News

Synamedia Appoints Dr Tzvi Gerstl as CEO as Company Enters Next Phase of Growth

Synamedia announced today the appointment of Dr Tzvi Gerstl as Chief Executive Officer. Paul Segre, who has served as CEO for the past six years, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman, where he will continue to provide strategic guidance and s

nanocosmos Presents First Real-World Data from MOQ in Commercial Video Production

nanocosmos released the first production-grade MOQ performance dataset collected from real viewer traffic across six continents over twelve months. MOQ/WebTransport outperformed WebSocket consistently on connection time and latency, keeping end-to-end del

REDHAWKMOONTV JOINS FAST CHANNEL LINEUP, BRINGING BLACK CINEMA, HORROR, PODCASTS, AND INDEPENDENT VOICES TO GLOBAL AUDIENCES

RedHawkMoonTV has officially joined the growing FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) ecosystem, delivering a bold and diverse entertainment experience designed to elevate independent voices and celebrate multicultural storytelling.