FAST Channels TV to Launch Inside Investigations, a New Ad-Supported Streaming Channel Designed to Help Safeguard Consumers
Reading Time: 2 minutes FAST Channels TV to Launch Inside Investigations, a New Ad-Supported Streaming Channel Designed to Help Safeguard Consumers Consumer Crusaders, along with its primary media brand – TrustDALE, has announced a collaboration with FAST Channels TV to introduce its latest venture, a
OSNtv Introduces First-of-its-Kind Advanced Connected TV Advertising in MENA Region Powered by Synamedia Iris, Transforming Linear Broadcast Advertising
Reading Time: 2 minutes OSNtv Introduces First-of-its-Kind Advanced Connected TV Advertising in MENA Region Powered by Synamedia Iris, Transforming Linear Broadcast Advertising Synamedia and OSN Group have launched an advanced Connected TV advertising proposition, powered by Synamedia Iris, setting a new standard for targeted advertising
Ultra-Low Latency Interactive Live Streaming Survey Report Launches
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the live-streaming revolution continues to scale up, content creators and content distributors are trying to find a path forward between reasonable cost and scale. A new report launching today, titled Current Trends in Ultra-Low Latency Interactive Live Streaming, addresses several likely ways to balance competing
Roku’s 2025 Predictions – A Q&A With Tedd Cittadine
Reading Time: 7 minutes Roku has just released its 2025 predictions report. Tedd Cittadine, SVP of Streaming Services Partnerships at Roku, talked with Streaming Media’s Tyler Nesler about their key findings, including the impact of price increases on audience retention, the effectiveness of advertising-supported tiers, the importance of bundling strategies
Could Multicast ABR Really Have Saved the Paul/Tyson Fight?
Reading Time: 6 minutes When Netflix streamed the Paul/Tyson fight to a record-breaking 65 million simultaneous viewers, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Many viewers were left frustrated by buffering, freezes, and audio-sync issues. Like many other vendors, Broadpeak, a major player in streaming technology, claimed its multicast ABR (mABR) technology
MediaKind expands MK.IO platform to AWS, Empowering Premium Streaming and Monetization for Media, Sports, and Entertainment
Reading Time: 2 minutes MediaKind expands MK.IO platform to AWS, Empowering Premium Streaming and Monetization for Media, Sports, and Entertainment MediaKind has announced the expansion of its MK.IO Platform to AWS, offering enhanced streaming quality, advanced monetization tools, live sports innovations, and seamless scalability, with
Third-Party Cookies and EdTech
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a recent article, Jan Ozer provided an overview of the Cookie Apocalypse and raised the question of why it has received so little attention. The article focused on FAST and other ad-supported business models, for which the end of third-party cookies poses a grave threat.
How Will AI Change Your Streaming Business?
Reading Time: 4 minutes AI is the buzz term of 2024, and indeed, tech companies have put a lot of resources and commitment into adding or improving AI components in their products and services. The term AI covers a wide swath of technologies, but for this column, I’ll focus mainly
Free Streaming and Sports
Reading Time: 5 minutes In June 2023, I wrote a piece about the state of sports in free streaming). At the time, I diagnosed four issues: A supply-versus-demand mismatch The slow rise of premium brands A lack of live programming Then, the second half of 2023 saw the launch of
ThinkAnalytics launches ThinkContextualAI: the new gold standard for privacy-first, contextual advertising
Reading Time: 2 minutes ThinkAnalytics launches ThinkContextualAI: the new gold standard for privacy-first, contextual advertising ThinkAnalytics, a global leader in AI-driven video discovery, viewer insights, and targeted advertising, has launched ThinkContextualAI, a contextual advertising solution that raises the bar for privacy-first, audience-aligned advertising. This solution