AI & Analytics

This category encompasses companies specializing in the development and deployment of AI for discovery and content creation and also for advanced video analytics solutions tailored for the streaming industry. These providers empower content owners, broadcasters, OTT platforms, and online video services to extract actionable insights from their video streams in real-time or near real-time.

Key focus areas include: Audience Measurement & Engagement, Content Optimization & Personalization, Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring, Content Protection & Security, Advertising & Monetization, Metadata Enrichment & Content Discovery, Real-time Event Detection & Alerting, and Compliance & Regulatory Monitoring.

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Live Sport Is Powering the Next Wave of Streaming Innovation

Live sport viewers expect a flawless streaming experience with ultra-low latency and immersive features that bring them closer to the action. At the same time, the rising cost of sport rights is forcing service providers to rethink how they maximise return on investment. The result is a perfect storm of innovation, where advances in AI, cloud infrastructure, and ecosystem partnerships are reshaping the future of streaming.

Eric Gallier // 16 Apr 2026

The State of Streaming Codecs 2026

Streaming codec adoption used to be an engineering abstraction governed by RD curves, BD-rate tables, and roadmap slides that no one outside of R&D ever considered. Over the last 15 months, codec adoption decisions have morphed into a much broader discussion, involving C-level execs from finance and legal. While the precursors to this transition occurred pre-2025, the situation coalesced in 2025. During the same period, we saw one codec step to the front (AV1) and another shrink before our eyes (VVC).

Jan Ozer // 30 Mar 2026

The State of Streaming Sustainability 2026

Is it still fashionable to be sustainable, even with AI?

Timothy Fore-Siglin // 30 Mar 2026

Streamticker: The Biggest Streaming Mergers and Acquisitions of 2025

Here is a month-by-month roundup of the streaming industry's most momentous mergers and acquisitions of 2025 (excluding the competing Paramount Skydance and Netflix bids for Warner Bros. Discovery—a drama that just turned definitively in Paramount's favour at press time).

Adrian Pennington // 30 Mar 2026
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European Innovation in Streaming: Infrastructure Sovereignty as a Competitive Edge

Interview with Alexander Leschinsky, CEO and Co-Founder, G&L Systemhaus

28 Aug 2025

Interview with Alexander Leschinsky, CEO and Co-Founder, G&L Systemhaus

Alexander Leschinsky talks content provenance, authenticity, C2PA and and DRM

Streaming Media Editorial Staff // 07 Aug 2024

Interview with Antonio G. Corrado, CEO, MainStreaming

An interview with MainStreaming CEO and co-founder Antonio Corrado who explains why he is on a mission to redefine how on-demand and live video streaming are delivered at scale with high-performance KPIs.

Streaming Media Editorial Staff // 08 Apr 2024

Ultra-Low-Latency Streaming: HESP vs webRTC

HESP Alliance's Pieter-Jan Speelmans compares HESP and webRTC, evaluating latency, scalability, device support, network resilience, content protection, viewer quality of experience, timed metadata support, and backwards compatibility.

Pieter-Jan Speelmans // 27 Nov 2023
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