September 18, 2025

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IBC2025: 5G finally winning for live sports

Rewind to last year and 5G was still more proof of concept than real world scenario. Not any more. "5G is here and real," said Brad Cheney, VP, Field Operations & Engineering, Fox Sports at the IBC2025 trade event in the Netherlands.

IBC2025: Supply chain efficiencies won’t save sinking legacy media

One word dominated conversations at broadcast equipment show IBC this week - and it wasn't AI. Efficiency is on everyone's lips. With little genuine tech innovation around the legacy media business and the vendors who supply it are battling to survive by stripping cost and speeding processes. Applying artificial intelligence to pretty much everything seems to offer the only hope for broadcasters needing to balance the books before their audience is vaporised by streamers, social media and YouTube.

Blog

Inside the micro-drama boom: life on set, opportunity, and the future of storytelling

The world of streaming is on the brink of another shift. After years of long-form dominance—sprawling series, multi-hour binge sessions, and cinematic storytelling—attention is swinging toward a radically different format: micro-dramas. And if the early signals are right, they could be the most significant disruption to OTT since the binge model itself.

Industry News

SKY Perfect Modernizes Playout-to-Delivery with Harmonic

Harmonic today announced that SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, a leading satellite operator and pay-TV provider in Japan, has partnered with Harmonic to modernize its broadcast playout and delivery workflow.

Street Cars 101 Media LLC Joins FAST Channels TV to Launch Street Cars 101 TV

Charlotte, NC, 9/16/2025 – Street Cars 101 Media LLC, the powerhouse behind Street Cars 101 TV and the Street Car Talk Podcast, is proud to announce its official entry into the Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) market through a new partnership with FA

Irdeto and Ateme Announce Integration of TraceMark™ Watermarking into Ateme’s End-to-End Video Delivery Solutions, fortifying Content Security for the Industry

The integration simplifies watermark enablement, removing the complexity and cost barriers traditionally associated with protecting premium live and on-demand content.

Leveling Up Live Streaming: Akamai and Harmonic Bring Video Workflows to the Cloud

The next generation of Akamai Media Services Live is powered by Harmonic