September 10, 2026

Featured Articles

Action figure: tabulating and managing streaming TCO

While total cost of ownership spans an encyclopedic number of operational touchpoints, managing a video P&L ultimately comes down to making targeted, high-impact architectural choices.

Spotlights

Speed, Security, Personalization, Sovereignty: What Real-Time Video Needs to Actually Work for Interactive Use Cases

Nanocosmos' Oliver Lietz discusses real-time video for interactive use cases.

After the CDN, You're Blind: Closing the Last-Mile Gap in Streaming Quality

AVEQ's Werner Robitza discusses why the last mile is streaming's biggest monitoring blind spot — and how a single, standards-based quality score lets engineering and management argue from the same number.

Short Cuts

The evolving role of streaming engineers in the age of AI and automation

Streaming engineers' traditional functions are increasingly usurped or at least altered by the offloading of observability and monitoring and much decision-making to automated solutions. When it comes to streaming infrastructure management, how much have AI and automation driven humans from the loop? Where are human eyes on glass—however comparatively inefficient—still critical to sound streaming operations? Do automated solutions actually enable engineers to accomplish more than they could before? Servers.com's Lukas Navickas, SVTA's Bhavesh Upadhyaya, Qualabs' Juan Pablo Saibene, and LiveU's Ben Ratner discuss in this clip from their panel at Streaming Media Connect 2026.

Industry News

Tiledmedia Launches Tiledmedia Fabric to Simplify Production and Distribution of Advanced Content Experiences

Telestream Advances Practical AI from Content Understanding to Intelligent Action Across Media Workflows

Media-native AI identifies key moments and topics, accelerates multi-platform content delivery, and turns contextual content analysis into workflow decisions, transforming AI insights into intelligent media workflows built for control, security, and profe

Zixi and Kiloview Partner to Deliver Broadcast-Grade IP Video Workflows Across Live Production and Contribution

Partnership includes native Zixi protocol support in the Kiloview D350 decoder, giving broadcasters a single device for reliable, low-latency video contribution over any network

Bitmovin and Ad Insertion Platform Power First Active Deployment of SGAI on Bitmovin’s Player

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has partnered with Ad Insertion Platform (AIP), a leading innovator in advanced ad insertion technologies, to deliver the first live deployment of AIP’s AdBlendr Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI) solution

Chyron and Haivision Partner to Simplify Camera-to-Cloud Live Production Workflows

Joint integration enables broadcasters to leverage Haivision's video contribution ecosystem with Chyron LIVE for seamless, scalable live cloud production

Broadpeak expands CDNaaS for streaming at scale with new HyperPoPs in Brazil

High-performance points of presence power video streaming delivery to large audiences across Latin America with guaranteed quality of experience

Beyond traditional broadcast: How nanocosmos enables new real-time video business models at IBC 2026

At IBC 2026, nanocosmos will show the newest generation of its platform, from MOQ running at production scale to cloud-based chroma key for multi-branding and built-in AI powered security and intelligence, designed for operators who are not traditional br

Telestream Brings AI-Boosted Resolution Upscaling Powered by NVIDIA to Vantage

New Telestream Vantage capability, powered by the NVIDIA Video Effects SDK, will enable broadcasters, sports organizations, and media companies to transform SD and HD content into 4K/UHD-ready assets.

Makito ONE Adds Bonded 5G Connectivity with Haivision’s New CellLink 5G, Enhancing Resilient Live Video Contribution

Industry’s most trusted encoder brand now features video transport over bonded 5G, enabling pristine live contribution from virtually any location