October 26, 2026

Online Video News

Sneak Preview: Taming TCO for Live Streaming at Scale

On Monday, Nov. 9, TV2 Denmark's Loke Dupont, FloSports' Matt Miller, and unified comms industry veteran Scott Grizzle will join the SVTA's Bhavesh Upadhyaya, AI and Streaming Technology Strategist, STVA, will moderate the Streaming Media Connect panel "Taming TCO for Live Streaming at Scale." While total cost of ownership spans an encyclopedic number of operational touchpoints, managing streaming P&L from CapEx to OpEx ultimately comes down to making targeted, high-impact architectural choices. This panel of streaming ops experts covers practical approaches to optimizing infrastructure, encoding, delivery, and operational costs without compromising the quality and reliability that live audiences demand.

Sneak Preview: Stream, Click, Convert: Delivering Performance-Driven CTV Ad Experiences

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, Globo's Ana Beaklini, Fuse Media's Yasmin Mitchell, and Broadpeak's Julien Boyreau will join Chris Pfaff for the Streaming Media Connect panel "Stream, Click, Convert: Delivering Performance-Driven CTV Ad Experiences." Connected TV is evolving beyond brand awareness into a measurable, performance-driven channel at the lean-back, living-room epicenter of the entertainment ecosystem. But delivering measurable ad experiences that result in conversions rather than enhanced brand awareness requires rethinking creative, targeting, and attribution actions for the streaming environment. This session breaks down performance advertising strategies and technologies that turn CTV impressions into trackable, revenue-generating outcomes that fuse first- and second-screen engagement into streaming-driven sales.

Sneak Preview: Maximizing QoE With Resilient, Scalable Sports Streaming Infrastructure

High-performance, redundant, and resilient pipelines are critical to successful, mission-critical sports streams. This panel of seasoned sports streamers explores how sports streaming platforms leverage infrastructure designed to withstand the bursty demands of live sporting events without buckling under pressure, and covers scaling strategies and failover systems that will keep your high-stakes streams running when your fan base surges in the moments that matter most.

Sneak Preview: Leveraging AI and Humans in Streamlined Streaming Workflows

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, ex-IBM Head of Unified Communications Scott Grizzle will moderate the Streaming Media Connect panel "Still in the Loop: Leveraging AI and Humans in Streamlined Streaming Workflows." In an industry buzzing about ways to integrate AI into today's streaming workflows, strategically positioning the humans in the loop is more critical than ever. How will large-scale streamers in 2027 balance AI automation with human oversight to build workflows that are both efficient and reliable? This panel pinpoints where human judgment still matters most and how to design streamlined pipelines that leverage AI from ingest to processing to observability.

NDTV Adopts Amagi's AdFlow Orchestrator, Unlocking Monetization Opportunities on FAST and Connected TV

Amagi's solution reshapes NDTV's ad breaks into shorter, FAST-friendly segments for a better viewing experience and more monetization opportunity

Fubo Closes Seven New RSN Distribution Agreements for the 2026-2027 NBA Season

75%+ NBA RSN Market Coverage Reinforces Fubo's Local Sports Advantage

Blog

The Rules Behind the Retention Offer

On Aug. 19, the Federal Trade Commission released a proposed enforcement policy statement on personalized pricing. It says that "Where consumers reasonably expect that prices for a product or service will not vary based on their personal data," a business should "clearly and conspicuously disclose not just that the price is personalized" but also the basis for it and the types of data used. The Commission says failing to do so "is likely to constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice." Its example of an adequate disclosure is a price "based on a consumer's estimated willingness to pay" derived from the consumer's purchases, provided the disclosure is accurate and complete; telling a consumer only that a price is "specially selected" would likely mislead.

Industry News

24LiveSports Partners with FAST Channels TV to Expand Its Sports-Focused Streaming Platform

New partnership brings a diverse lineup of free, ad-supported streaming channels to 24LiveSports, offering sports fans more to watch beyond the game. Sheridan, Wyoming, Wednesday Oct 21, 2026 – Top Level Media Corp, a Wyoming-registered company headqua

Miri Technologies to Showcase What’s New and What’s Next for Resilient Internet Connectivity at NAB Show New York

Live demos will include upgrades for the X510 bonding router, self-serve management for NetConnect+ data plans and a technology preview of future developments

Odido selects Synamedia Go to power its next-generation streaming platform

Odido selects Synamedia Go to power its next-generation streaming platform