September 16, 2026

Online Video News

IBC2026: Making the Case for Europe’s Sovereign Media Cloud

European public service media have taken a decisive step toward a shared cloud future, with a new feasibility study revealing that a pan-European cloud ecosystem is not only technically possible but increasingly necessary.

Spotlights

Five seconds used to count as low latency. Now only 16% agree.

Igor Oreper discusses the latest findings of Bitmovin's Video Developer Report

Short Cuts

Bias Toxicity, AI, and Contextual Advertising

Inviting AI to play a leading role in the match game of contextual advertising raises a number of red flags, and one of the most concerning is the built-in bias in the way that LLMs are trained. As Digital Culture Group's Crystal Foote points out, "A lot of adtech companies just aren't that diverse," and that can leave significant blind spots and "stereotypical insights" that find their way into AI models that manifest themselves in ad decisions. Foote, Sargeway's Sarge Sargent, and Dataxis' Ophelie Boucaud discuss what Sargent calls "bias toxicity" and its implications for AI-powered scene analysis, contextual advertising, and audience representation in this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2026.

Blog

RTB Wasn't Built for CTV. Agents Can Be.

RTB deserves credit for fundamentally changing digital advertising. But technologies have design centers, and RTB's design center was display advertising. The industry's challenge now is to recognize that newer channels, especially CTV, require a different architecture for planning, orchestration, and optimization.

Industry News

Bitmovin’s AI Scene Analysis Selected by Nine to Enhance its VOD Workflows with AI-Powered Scene Level Metadata

Bitmovin, a leading provider of video streaming solutions, has announced that Australia’s largest media company, Nine Entertainment (Nine), has deployed Bitmovin’s AI Scene Analysis within its SVOD streaming service, Stan, to enhance its encoding workflow

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.