April 17, 2025

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NAB 2025: 3Play Chief Growth Officer Lily Bond talks accessibility, localisation, and service expansion

In this NAB 2025 interview with Streaming Media contributing editor Jan Ozer, Lily Bond, Chief Growth Officer at 3Play Media, discusses how the company has evolved from one of the earliest captioning providers into a full-service accessibility and localisation partner. With 15 years in the business, 3Play now offers captioning, subtitling, audio description, and hybrid AI/human dubbing services for customers looking to comply with accessibility laws and expand into global markets.

NAB 2025: NPAW’s Gary Hunsberger on Streaming Analytics, AI-Driven Insights, and Expansion Plans in the U.S.

In this interview with Streaming Media contributing editor Jan Ozer, Gary Hunsberger, general manager of U.S. operations at NPAW (Nice People At Work), outlines the company's approach to end-to-end quality monitoring, actionable data, and monetisation support. Hunsberger, who joined NPAW seven weeks before NAB 2025, shares how the company differentiates itself in a crowded analytics market, discusses future AI integration plans, and previews growth initiatives in the U.S. and Canada.

Sneak Preview: Streaming Media 2025 with conference chair Andy Beach

Streaming Media returns to the US west coast October 6-8 for Streaming Media 2025 in Santa Monica, California. In this interview Conference Chair Andy Beach, former CTO of Microsoft, offers an advance look at the conference's mix of tech, monetisation, and content strategy, and explains why this is the show the streaming industry needs now.

NAB 2025: Live sport streaming, TVXRAY, and the Qvest for personalisation

At NAB 2025 I set out in search of one irrefutable, real-world example of true sports streaming personalisation, an innovative and unique experience that might present a mass-media live sporting event on my screen as it appears on no one else's. I found a contender at the Qvest Engage booth.

NAB 2025: The AI imperative

At NAB 2025, the term AI reigned supreme over other still-popular tech buzzwords like SaaS, cloud, and end-to-end that dominated previous' years shows. But before jumping or falling into the AI world, perhaps learning from the past is a good idea. As with SaaS and cloud, buying or launching a family of products with AI does not make a strategy.

Industry News

MTN Group and Synamedia Partner to Develop Pan-African Streaming Platform

MTN and Synamedia are partnering to develop a new pan-African streaming platform tailored for mobile and fixed broadband subscribers

Harmonic Spotlights Industry-First Playout-to-Delivery Solution at the 2025 NAB Show

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced industry-first innovations to its comprehensive playout-to-delivery solution, empowering broadcasters and content owners with streamlined media workflows, optimized control and significant cost savings. Harmonic’s p