February 12, 2026

Featured News

Cracking Cloud Gaming With the CTV Model: A Q&A With GAMELOOP CEO Kimmy Li

With the immediacy of TV Guide + Twitch, GAMELOOP's "watch and play" model lets players unlock hosted games on their TV using their mobile device or remote. The platform recently launched on Samsung Gaming Hub as the first ad-supported alternative to subscription-based cloud gaming. In this interview, Gameloop CEO Kimmy Li dives into the details of GAMELOOP's offerings, her years of professional experience in the gaming industry, and how that experience has positioned her to scale freemium models.

Sneak Preview: Peak Performance: Handling Traffic Spikes for Global Live Sport Streams

On Wednesday, February 25, MTech Sport's Matt Stagg will moderate the Streaming Media Connect panel "Peak Performance: Handling Traffic Spikes for Global Live Sport Streams" with panelists from DAZN, BT Group, and TATA. When the biggest moments in live sport hit, traffic surges coming from unexpected directions can stymie even the most mature streaming stacks. This panel of live streaming and content delivery pros breaks down how top platforms prepare to manage peak demand—using smart load-balancing, real-time monitoring, and advanced failover strategies to maximise uptimes when streams scale globally.

Sneak Preview: Leveraging AI for Contextual CTV Advertising at Streaming Media Connect

On Thursday, February 26, join content monetisation pros from Roku, Philo, DAZN, Tavant, Intersection, and the SVTA for the Streaming Media Connect panel "All About Context: Leveraging AI for Contextual CTV Advertising." Learn how AI-powered audience data, metrics analysis, and real-time decisioning propel tailored, targeted CTV ad experiences that boost relevance, heighten engagement, and grow revenue.

Sneak Preview: Forging FAST’s Middle Mile: Building Live Linear Streaming Infrastructure

On Tuesday, February 24, Nadine Krefetz, Consultant, Reality Software, will moderate the Streaming Media Connect panel "Forging FAST's Middle Mile: Building Live Linear Streaming Infrastructure." Live linear FAST lives or dies in the middle mile, where ingest, encoding, packaging, and routing determine whether channels can contend with increased traffic as audiences scale. This session explores how to forge resilient, flexible infrastructure that keeps FAST channels humming, costs controlled, and viewers engaged.

Blog

When Sport Piracy Goes Industrial: Building a Coordinated Defense

For organisations such as LaLiga, the NFL, and the Premier League, the growing sophistication of sport streaming piracy at scale changes how piracy must be addressed. What was once treated as a reactive enforcement issue now requires a coordinated, technology-driven strategy that protects content without degrading the fan experience. Connecting protection, detection, attribution, and enforcement creates a more resilient defense model that can respond at the same speed and scale as modern piracy operations.

Pause Before You Chase the Next CTV Ad Format

CTV has always been driven by novelty, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. We haven't come close to exhausting the performance potential of pause ads.

Industry News

Bitmovin Appoints Ian Baglow as Co-Chief Executive Officer

Bitmovin has appointed Ian Baglow as Co-CEO alongside existing CEO and Co-Founder Stefan Lederer.

OneFootball Chooses BuyDRM to Secure OneFootball Channels

KeyOS MultiKey Provides A Highly Robust DRM-To-Scale Solution for OneFootball TV

1001 Selects Bitmovin Player to Elevate its Video Streaming Capabilities

Iraq's premier OTT streaming platform, 1001, has selected the Bitmovin Player and Observability solution to deliver a higher-quality viewing experience and gain deeper insight into playback performance at scale.

VisualOn and The Channel Store Demonstrate Up to 65% Bitrate Savings with AI-Driven Content-Adaptive Encoding

VisualOn announced the release of a new whitepaper featuring results from an independent evaluation by The Channel Store (TCS), part of TVUP Media Group, comparing AI-driven content-adaptive encoding with traditional CBR and CRF workflows in production-gr