February 19, 2026

Featured News

Private 5G Across Land, Sea, and Air

Private 5G does not reinvent live sport. It gives production teams greater control over environments they already operate in, and the agility to take the network with them wherever the story goes.

Sneak Preview: Finder’s Feat: Optimising Search & Discovery With Metadata & Machine Learning at Streaming Media Connect

In this era of constant content proliferation and channel saturation, discovery is critical to content monetisation. Join an expert panel at Streaming Media Connect on February 26 to explore how structured metadata and machine learning-powered discovery tools bring great content to light, improving relevance, boosting engagement, and driving measurable revenue impact.

Sneak Preview: Vertical Leap: Growing the Free Vertical Drama Business at Streaming Media Connect

Vertical drama is exploding on free streaming platforms, driven by mobile-first viewing, bingeable formats, and a new generation of viewers and global creators. Tune in on February 26 at Streaming Media Connect as experts from Celestine Pictures, Hudson Vertical, Stratagem Vertical, and GoodShort break down the business models, distribution strategies, and monetisation tactics driving the vertical drama boom—and explain how to scale it effectively.

Blog

Operational Discipline in Streaming is Now Non-Negotiable

Cost control is a major priority for streaming services today. Video providers need smarter architectures that enable resources to be optimised, unnecessary costs prevented, alongside better use of data, and effective financial practices that enable cloud spend to be kept under control. Ultimately, video providers need to implement the strictest operational discipline across every aspect of their service.

Designing the Shift to Software-Based Media Production

The broadcast industry is undergoing one of its most profound transitions in decades as media production moves away from hardware-dependent infrastructure toward software-based environments that are more flexible by design. While this evolution has been building for some time, it is now being addressed at an architectural level, with the industry recognising that incremental change is no longer sufficient to support modern production requirements.

Industry News

LTN makes key appointments and introduces new Technology organization to power rapid video network growth

Michal Miskin-Amir, Jonathan Stanton and Bobby Bond to lead technical advances amid surge in demand for LTN’s IP video transport services as satellite capacity declines

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.