European Soccer League Night and New Internet Records: Frankfurt Breaks the 20-Terabit Mark – DE-CIX Exceeds 30 Terabits Globally

New records set alongside numerous live soccer streams - peak data traffic at DE-CIX Frankfurt has risen by around 140 percent since 2020

Inside an AVC/HEVC transcode ladder: how Meta-Scale live streaming balances quality, latency, and cost

A practitioner's look at the encoding decisions behind delivering live video at global scale—and where AI is starting to change the math.

IBC2026: When everything is possible, judgement becomes the competitive advantage

I came away from IBC this year with a slightly different feeling than usual. Normally, there are one or two technologies or trends that dominate the conversation. This year, what struck me wasn't any individual technology. It was the sheer amount that is now possible.

IBC2026: Making the case for Europe’s sovereign media cloud

European public service media have taken a decisive step toward a shared cloud future, with a new feasibility study revealing that a pan-European cloud ecosystem is not only technically possible but increasingly necessary.

IBC2026: broadcasters warn of ‘decisive decade’ as AI and IP upend the media value chain

Across Europe, North America, and the UK, the transition from DTT to IP is already underway. But at the IBC Show in Amsterdam this week this is being framed as a fight for relevance, visibility, and trust in a world dominated by YouTube and consumption algorithms.

G&L CEO Alexander Leschinsky talks AI-powered sign language for live and on-demand streaming

In advance of AI Digital Signer for German Sign Language (DGS)'s IBC2026 debut, I had the opportunity to sit down with G&L Systemhaus CEO Alexander Leschinsky to discuss the product, the inclusivity, accessibility, and market needs it addresses, and the challenges of making AI-generated sign language interpretation work in a livestreamed context.

Eluvio claims breakthrough in ultra-low-latency streaming after World Cup pilot

Eluvio CEO and co-founder Michelle Munson says the streaming industry is entering a new phase where ultra-low-latency performance is no longer a niche requirement but a fundamental expectation for global sports. After a summer of high-pressure testing during the FIFA World Cup, she argues that Eluvio's Content Fabric has demonstrated a level of consistency that conventional cloud/CDN architectures simply cannot match.

Private 5G unlocks new creative possibilities at European Athletics Championships

Neutral Wireless and Actua deploy private 5G across stadium and city-centre locations, enabling innovative monowheel camera coverage and supporting multiple international broadcasters

At IBC2026, show me what your AI tech changes

If technology removes repetitive work, reduces travel, or allows teams to do more with the same resources, that's progress. But efficiency and innovation aren't always the same thing. The question that really interests me is: what can we now do that we couldn't do before?

Gap between live sport and gaming nears primetime

The ability to stream alternative animated and video game versions of a live sports event have taken a step closer with tests involving EA Sports, broadcaster Sky, and German premier soccer league Bundesliga.

YouTube praises UK creativity; pushes back on “forced prominence”

As the main keynote at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026, YouTube's European and Middle East Chief Pedro Pina emphasised the strength and resilience of UK creativity.

Creative AI: a strategic opportunity for the UK

The UK is positioned to lead in creative AI and legal frameworks, according to senior figures from across the UK's television and creative industries at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

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.

Codec wars get real: lessons from Disney’s European 4K blackout

At Streaming Media Connect 2026, Contributing Editor Jan Ozer and IP attorney Robert JL Moore broke down why Disney's HDR pullback in Europe was inevitable—and why it will end in a licence.

BBC R&D bid to bring interactivity to the TV

A new technology being developed by BBC Research & Development aims to reclaim attention by bringing interaction back to the TV screen itself. Signals made a public debut as a test during the BBC's recent coverage of Wimbledon 2026, adding a live, interactive data layer directly onto Centre Court broadcasts.

Lessons in live verticalisation and dual-aspect streaming

So, how do you meet your audience "where they are" if you don't know where they'll be when they see your video? You stream it both vertically and horizontally at the same time, and you leverage technology to re-orient your content automatically. 

The best sports streaming experiences are built backwards

The best sports production projects I've worked on have always started by imagining what success looks like for the fan, the broadcaster, the athlete, or the production team. Only once everyone agrees on the destination do you start thinking about the technology needed to get there.

The Shortlist: Streaming Media Europe's 2026 Innovation Awards Finalists

The votes are in, and we'll announce the winners in September. In the meantime, here's the list of the top three vote-getters in each of our 13 categories.

NASA, Google, TiVo, Bally's, Wowza & TwelveLabs to headline Streaming Media Connect with must-see series of keynote fireside chats

On Tuesday 11 August, Streaming Media will launch 20th Streaming Media Connect virtual event with an exclusive fireside chat with NASA's GM & Head of NASA+ Rebecca Sirmons, back by popular demand! Each day of the 3-day event will kick off at 4pm BST/5pm CEST with back-to-back keynote fireside chats featuring a varied array of industry luminaries, including TwelveLabs' Simon Lecointe, Google's Shobana Radhakrishnan, Wowza's Krish Kumar, TiVo's Briana Larsen, and Bally's Media's Jon Lin.

What it takes to power World Cup livestreams on a massive global scale: a Q&A with Deltatre COO Gilles Mas

During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Deltatre operated the broadcasting and streaming infrastructure for a number of major rights holders' World Cup platforms worldwide. In this Q&A, Gilles Mas, Chief Operating Officer at Deltatre, discusses the challenges and intricacies of pulling off this achievement and what this success means for the future of large-scale livestreamed events.