September 14, 2026

Online Video News

IBC2026: Broadcasters Warn of ‘Decisive Decade’ as AI and IP Upend the Media Value Chain

Across Europe, North America, and the UK, the transition from DTT to IP is already underway. But at the IBC Show in Amsterdam this week this is being framed as a fight for relevance, visibility, and trust in a world dominated by YouTube and consumption algorithms.

At IBC2026, Show Me What Your AI Tech Changes for Sports Streamers

If technology removes repetitive work, reduces travel, or allows teams to do more with the same resources, that's progress. But efficiency and innovation aren't always the same thing. The question that really interests me is: as sports streamers, what can we now do that we couldn't do before?

Spotlights

Readers' Choice Awards Winners' Circle: Wowza

Michael Vitale explains that reliable, extensible, and flexible media infrastructure can solve streaming's toughest challenges. 

Readers' Choice Awards Winners' Circle: LiveU

LiveU's Dan Pisarski talks pushing the boundaries of IP video transmission and reliability with the LiveU LU900Q

Readers' Choice Awards Winners' Circle: Ateme

Mickael Raulet explains how Ateme are applying decades of compression expertise to immersive video.

Readers' Choice Awards Winners' Circle: EZDRM

Olga Kornienko explains that EZDRM have expanded beyond core Digital Rights Management origins, while maintaining the fundamental mission of protecting and enhancing media revenue streams.

Speed, Security, Personalization, Sovereignty: What Real-Time Video Needs to Actually Work for Interactive Use Cases

Nanocosmos' Oliver Lietz discusses real-time video for interactive use cases.

Short Cuts

AI and the Golden Rule of Content Discovery

What might be described as the "golden rule" or "Platonic ideal" of content discovery on CTV and OTT is "the right content, the right user, the right moment," as Dataxis Principal Analyst Ophélie Boucaud suggests in this clip from Streaming Media Connect, while Xperi VP & GM Content Discovery Chris Ambrozic offers AI-enhanced best practices for getting there and Hub Entertainment Research Principal Jon Giegengack discusses what gets platforms and services closest to achieving this goal.

Aggregation, Personalization, and Other Ways to ‘Own’ Your OTT Subscribers

Partnering with ISPs and telcos to bundle and aggregate content has emerged as an essential strategy for combatting churn and hanging onto customers in the subscription OTT space, but to really "own" the subscriber takes personalizing the experience and other strategies for enhancing subscription value, as Women in Streaming Media Head of Allyship Deepali Narsiker and Philo Head of Product Marketing Steven Chang discuss with Chris Pfaff Tech Media Founder Chris Pfaff in this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2026.

Industry News

Haivision and Cyanview Partner to Deliver Integrated Advanced Camera Control on Falkon X4 Mobile Video Transmitter

Combined solution gives broadcasters a complete remote production workflow while reducing setup complexity

LiveU Offers Starlink for News and Sports Broadcast as Clarus Integrated Reseller

The new offering extends LiveU's connectivity platform, giving field teams access to cellular service and Starlink broadband as a managed servic

Telestream Introduces Surveyor mABR as Service Providers Modernize Video Delivery

Surveyor mABR brings together Telestream’s proven multicast and ABR monitoring capabilities to provide deep visibility into one of the industry’s emerging video delivery architectures. See it at IBC2026.

Orange Polska Reaffirms Its Trust in Viaccess-Orca with Multiyear Contract Extension

Viaccess-Orca announced that Orange Polska has renewed its contract with VO for the continued delivery and evolution of its TV services.

Magewell and Zixi Develop Cost Effective and Reliable Live Video Over IP Workflow

Magewell’s Ultra Encode encoders and Pro Convert IP decoders, paired with the Zixi Software Platform, deliver broadcast-grade live video over any IP network end to end, from source to screen, deployed by a leading U.S. streaming service