August 20, 2026

Featured News

Instant Replay: Streaming Media Connect August 2026

Streaming Media Connect returned this week with six dynamic keynotes from NASA+, Google, TiVo, BallySports, Wowza, and TwelveLabs, and peak-form panels on refining your live streaming playbook, tuning latency, matching ads to content, scaling streaming architecture, curbing churn, leveraging AI in personalised content discovery, innovating streaming UX, optimising QoS and QoE, and a timely dissection of Disney's 4K EU blackout.

Featured Articles

Presenting … the 2026 European Innovation Awards Winners

After a whirlwind voting cycle, we're delighted to reveal the winners of the 2026 Streaming Media European Innovation Awards. Now in its 18th year, this year's programme attracted more than 1,100 participants who cast 7,500-plus votes across 13 distinct categories. Congratulations to all of the triumphant 2026 Innovation Awards winners, top vote-getters and runners-up alike!

Spotlights

The most perishable asset in your operation is also your most valuable one

Live video is the most valuable asset most organisations produce, and most of them are still throwing it away. Wowza Video Intelligence Framework makes the data that already exists in live streams actionable at the moment it is captured.  

Industry News

VisualOn IBC Show Preview: AI-Powered CAE, Advanced Playback & Seamless Ads

At IBC2026, VisualOn will showcase its AI-driven Optimizer suite — cutting bandwidth and storage costs by up to 80% while preserving pristine video quality — alongside comprehensive ad monetization tools and its Open+ Player Suite, plus a joint demo with

IP Showcase on the Water Announces Full Presentation Schedule for IBC2026

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions and the Video Services Forum announced the full IP Showcase on the Water presentation schedule taking place during IBC2026.

TAG Video Systems Cuts Hardware Costs for Customers with Memory Usage Optimization

TAG Video Systems, the global leader in software-based IP monitoring and multiviewer solutions, today announced a memory usage optimization that lowers the total cost of ownership of running its software, reducing the cost per channel by up to two-thirds