July 13, 2026

Online Video News

The Next Battle in Sport Isn't Content. It's Context

The next battle in sports won't be fought over content libraries, streaming platforms or production workflows. Most organizations already have more content than they know what to do with. The real challenge is helping audiences navigate it. Helping them understand why a moment matters. Helping them discover stories worth following. Helping them connect with athletes, teams, and competitions in a meaningful way.

Comcast Secures Lock on UK Commercial TV

ITV is to sell its media and entertainment division, including its broadcast channels and ITVX streaming service, to Sky for £1.6 billion ($2.1bn), marking one of the most consequential restructurings in modern British broadcasting. The deal positions Sky, owned by Comcast, as the UK's largest commercial broadcaster and creates a new domestic heavyweight designed to compete more aggressively with global streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube.

Short Cuts

What Industrialized Illegal Streaming Is Costing the Industry in 2026

In this clip from her keynote fireside chat at Streaming Media Connect 2026, Verimatrix's Maria Malinkowitsch offers a snapshot of live-streaming piracy in 2026, what it's costing major sports rightsholders, why the fragmentation of sports rights and the cost burden on fans is making the industry susceptible to pirates, and how the industrialization of illegal streaming and the rise of "piracy as a service" are adding fuel to the fire and making antipiracy efforts more challenging than ever.

Blog

Incrementality at Scale: Closing the Loop Without Moving Data

Incrementality has become a board-level priority. It is now even more important for those signing off on marketing budgets to understand what outcomes advertising actually drives, not just where it reaches. For CMOs, this presents a significant challenge, as most measurement methods aren't suited to this.

Reducing TCO for Streaming Services

Financial pressures felt over the last few years has led to a new set of challenges around total cost of ownership (TCO). Video services are now tasked with finding ways to reduce spending and increase revenue generation, all without increasing churn, and this has caused the age-old build versus buy debate to resurface.

Industry News

Miri Introduces Self-Service Cellular Data and SIM Card Management Platform for NetConnect+ Plans

Online portal offers customers self-serve management tools and valuable usage insights for Miri’s global multi-carrier data plans

Fox Television Stations, Extreme Reach, and LTN Bring Live Syndicated Television to Stations Nationwide with 25 Words or Less LIVE

Collaboration demonstrates how managed IP distribution and cloud-based syndication workflows can support live television at national scale

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