November 06, 2025

Featured News

TikTok, friction, and the future of video shopping

At Streaming Media 2025 in Santa Monica, my panel with Dallas Lawrence (Telly), Sarge Sargent, Bryan Moore (TalkShopLive), and David Grant (Favored.Live) explored the hottest video shopping trend around, and it's not what TV techies have been building.

Nokia, Ericsson, Fraunhofer HHI Join Forces to Drive 6G-Era Video Coding Standardisation

In this exclusive interview, Streaming Media's Jan Ozer speaks with Ville-Veikko Mattila, Head of Multimedia Technologies at Nokia, about Nokia's collaboration with Ericsson and Fraunhofer Institute on a new codec development and its implications for the next decade of video compression.

AI meets adtech

During an "AI Meets Adtech" panel at Streaming Media 2025 in Santa Monica in October, I did my best to stir things up with a group of industry thought leaders that included Google's Inderpreet Sandhu, Tavant's Filiz Bahmanpour, FOX's Amit Shetty, IAB Tech Lab's Shailley Singh, and former Disney tech ops expert Sarge Sargent.

Blog

CTV’s next chapter: why unified monetisation will decide streaming’s winners

Behind the scenes, monetisation is often a patchwork process with systems operating independently and oftentimes competing rather than complementing one another. This introduces friction for publishers and buyers, and can impact efficiency and performance. Mediation offers a path forward that, if implemented correctly, can help publishers turn this complexity into a competitive advantage while also providing benefits for advertisers.

Industry News

ContentGram Studios Africa Partners with FAST Channels TV to Launch CG Central — A New FAST Channel Delivering Bold, Heartfelt African Stories to Global Audiences

ContentGram Studios Africa is thrilled to announce its partnership with FAST Channels TV to officially launch CG Central, a brand-new FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channel showcasing bold, vibrant, and emotionally resonant African content

Interra Systems Enhances ORION With Stream Recording and BATON Media Player Integration for Advanced Debugging

Interra Systems today announced a significant enhancement to its flagship real-time monitoring platform, ORION, with the introduction of stream recording support as well as seamless integration with BATON Media Player (BMP).

Astro selects Broadpeak for high performance streaming and CDN solutions in pay-TV transformation

Leading Malaysian media company chooses Broadpeak Origin Packager and EdgePeakTM to power scalable streaming across sooka and Astro Fibre services