Mux has launched Robots Directives, a new feature designed to automate video platform workflows for Mux Video assets through declarative configuration. This feature manages asset dependencies and task execution, eliminating the need for additional customer infrastructure. The directives ensure desired workflows are executed once assigned to an asset.

Developers for Radarr and Sonarr are implementing initial support for the H.266/VVC video codec following compatibility with FFprobe 8.1. This update will enable these media management tools to correctly identify and parse VVC metadata, addressing a previous issue where movies encoded in h266 caused display errors. A Pull Request for VVC/H266 support has been created for Sonarr, which is upstream for Radarr.

NETINT's 2026 State of Video Encoding Survey reveals where 286 encoding professionals are placing their bets and where they're stalling. You'll learn how the GPU monoculture is cracking, why cost and quality are no longer a tradeoff, what codec has a 231% planned implementation growth rate, which organizational types are most likely to adopt key technologies, who TCO is a blind spot for 30% of the market, the small segment of the market that is overwhelmingly influential and tech forward leaning, and more.

Broadpeak CEO Jacques Le Mancq discusses the evolution of the streaming industry, highlighting challenges in scaling live sports delivery and addressing piracy through technical solutions like multicast ABR and real-time fraud detection. He cites JioStar's 72 million concurrent viewers for IPL as an example of extreme scale and emphasizes the growing importance of ultra-low latency for live content and integrating digital advertising revenue. The conversation also touches on Broadpeak's role in providing software for transcoding, packaging, delivery, and advertising to major telecom operators and streaming platforms.

Hydrolix published a blog post detailing how their platform can be used for multi-CDN monitoring, citing Paramount as a user of their technology to monitor CDNs and enhance user experience. The article highlights the importance of monitoring multi-CDN environments to maintain high quality of service.

Akamai Accelerated Compute instances, powered by NETINT Quadra Video Processing Units (VPUs), provide specialized, high-density cloud transcoding for AV1, HEVC, and H.264 up to 8Kp60. These instances offer 15–30x better encoding performance than traditional CPUs, with pricing starting at $0.42/hr ($280/mo).

Kuaishou's live-streaming revenue and user growth are declining, prompting the company to focus on its Keling AI initiative, an AI-focused product that directly generates revenue. Keling, launched in June 2024, uses a direct-charging model for text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities, and Kuaishou is considering spinning it off, potentially positioning it against ByteDance's Seedance 2.0. Keling AI's revenue exceeded 650 million yuan in Q1 2026, with an annualized revenue run-rate (ARR) of nearly $500 million in March 2026, albeit representing only about 2% of Kuaishou's annual revenue.

Alibaba released Qwen3.7-Plus, a proprietary multimodal AI model that supports text, video, and imagery inputs at a lower cost than its predecessor. The model offers high performance in vision benchmarks and video analysis, serving as a cost-effective alternative for automated visual workflows and metadata processing for enterprises. It features a 1-million token context window and a "preserve_thinking" parameter to maintain context across multi-step tasks.

Your mezzanine workflow wasn't built for AI. Every new model means another proxy encode, more bandwidth, more latency. VC-6's hierarchical format lets each model pull only the resolution and region it needs from a single multicast stream. No fan-out, no redundant decodes. Benchmarks show 93% less bandwidth and 80% lower end-to-end latency versus ST 2110. Learn how VC-6 is reshaping the economics of live production for sports.

Enterprise storage prices have doubled since 2024 due to surging AI infrastructure demand, with NAND flash costs projected to rise 75% in Q2 2026. Experts project supply constraints and price increases to continue through 2027-2028, making immediate hardware procurement a financial necessity for organizations, particularly those managing high-bitrate video libraries. This trend is also leading to significant availability issues, with some vendors reporting sold-out inventory for 2026.

Executives from Telestream, Zixi, and Eyevinn discuss the importance of unified software-defined observability for managing remote streaming pipelines. They emphasize collaborative data sharing, real-time alerts, and detailed monitoring across multiple hops to maintain stream reliability and quality, particularly for live production relying on cellular bonding and cloud environments. This approach aims to reduce troubleshooting complexity and vendor finger-pointing in distributed workflows.

With the NETINT Quadra Mini Server, you can bypass expensive cloud transcoding services and cellular uplinks from the stadium. This compact powerhouse sips power while encoding 20 Full HD AV1, HEVC, and H.264 streams or 5 4K streams. Drawing just 138 watts, the Quadra Mini Server is perfect for live sports streaming services looking to reduce latency and cut OPEX.

Q1 2026 earnings for wireless, cable, and satellite stocks demonstrated mixed results, with Comcast exceeding expectations while Charter, Optimum Communications, and Cable One declined. The sector faces ongoing challenges from cord-cutting and substantial capital expenditure requirements for network upgrades. Overall, the tracked companies saw revenues in line with consensus estimates but experienced an average share price decline of 14.8% since earnings results.

Synamedia is pivoting its business strategy to focus on engagement and monetization tools for pay-TV and OTT operators, following an agreement for Lumine Group to acquire its Video Network business. The company will prioritize its Go, Senza, and Iris product lines to deliver addressable advertising, cloud-rendered interfaces, and AI-driven personalization. This strategic shift is intended to help operators grow audiences, accelerate monetization, and simplify operations in the evolving video industry.

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FreeWheel has partnered with Stagwell and Walmart Connect to advance outcome-based optimization for CTV advertising, linking ad exposure to retail purchase data and consumer actions. These collaborations aim to enhance publisher yields and CPMs by integrating traditional television buying signals into programmatic ecosystems. FreeWheel is working to translate traditional TV metrics like ad load and production quality into programmatic signals.

Magnite highlights its hybrid infrastructure strategy, combining owned on-premise data centers with cloud elasticity to manage adtech demands. This approach enables the company to efficiently process baseline programmatic advertising volumes while scaling up for unpredictable surges during live CTV events. Magnite states that its $130 million investment in CapEx for on-premise infrastructure underpins this strategy.

A draft proposal by the European Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) for EU cloud services suggests new rules that could require cloud providers handling sensitive government and critical infrastructure data to be headquartered and operated within the EU. These rules could effectively prevent US hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure from accessing high-security tenders in sectors such as banking and healthcare. The proposal, intended to protect sensitive data from foreign laws, has raised concerns about competition and potential protectionism within the tech industry.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) submitted data to the FCC, arguing against a mandatory ATSC 3.0 transition. The CTA emphasized that streaming services currently complement traditional broadcasting for sports access, and that 18.6 million NextGen TV sets have been sold voluntarily since 2020. The association advocates for a consumer-driven, voluntary transition to ATSC 3.0, asserting that a mandate would burden consumers with unnecessary costs.

This report compares royalty calculations between Access Advance's VDP Pool and Avanci Video across eight streaming service templates, including Netflix. Avanci's royalties run 1.9× to 30.3× higher than Access Advance's with current discounts applied. Key drivers include Avanci's inclusion of ad revenue in its royalty base, higher flat rates than Access Advance's tiered structure, and the absence of a fee cap. The Access Advance–sponsored study was independently researched and calculated by Jan Ozer, with full transparency for verification.