Live Sports Streaming Best Practices
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 10:00am (PT)
Webinar Recording
Topics Covered
- What are some of the major technical challenges with live sports streaming that still need to be addressed?
- Is latency really as big of an issue as everyone makes it out to be in live sports streaming? Is it a priority for most live streaming sports providers? If it is, how can it be mitigated?
- Setting chunk size is a big decision in live sports streaming. What are some of the best practices for different use cases?
- What is the security landscape right now for streaming live sports? What techniques are providers employing successfully to limit piracy?
- Does live sports streaming have a scaling problem? How can streaming providers ensure consistent, reliable, high-quality service when audiences suddenly become massive?
- What are some upcoming technologies, such as Blockchain, which might help further secure live sports streams?
- AR, VR, and XR provide amazing opportunities for live sports streaming interactivity. Are providers adopting it? What is the impact of providing this kind of streaming experience on operators?
- How much live sports is being streamed to mobile? Does device fragmentation complicate the streaming workflow?
- What is the top priority challenge for live streaming providers to solve over the next 12 months and why?
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Alain Pellen (Sr. Manager, OTT Solutions at Harmonic)
Alain Pellen is the solution manager for the VOS360 Live Streaming Platform, Harmonic’s cloud-based offering for live streaming. Alain brings extensive experience and deep knowledge of video processing technologies to his role at Harmonic. Previously, Alain held R&D, systems design, and pre-sales positions with companies, including Thomson Video Networks.
Glenn Goldstein (Subject Matter Expert at Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SME))
Glenn is an accomplished engineering and product executive in the digital media industry, working in major media organizations and technology-focused startups. His work with Lumen Technologies drove technical product strategy and customer success for a portfolio of content delivery, video streaming, and edge computing offerings. Glenn was a leader in Viacom’s global technology organization for many years, innovating in the fields of video streaming, content management, media operations, augmented reality, and machine learning. He’s been passionate about video and imaging technologies throughout his career, working on pioneering implementations of digital newsroom photography, digital cameras, and HD video streaming with marquee organizations such as Kodak, Associated Press, Paramount and MTV.
Nikolai Keychenko (Sr. Director, Product Management at Verimatrix)
Nikolai has years of experience in designing and developing security products for telecom and media industries. He has been acknowledged for influencing growth of complex multi-national ventures and has been recognized for solving customer problems and challenges, for persuasive communication, and for strong abilities to close deals.
Alain Pellen (Sr. Manager, OTT Solutions at Harmonic)
Alain Pellen is the solution manager for the VOS360 Live Streaming Platform, Harmonic’s cloud-based offering for live streaming. Alain brings extensive experience and deep knowledge of video processing technologies to his role at Harmonic. Previously, Alain held R&D, systems design, and pre-sales positions with companies, including Thomson Video Networks.
Glenn Goldstein (Subject Matter Expert at Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SME))
Glenn is an accomplished engineering and product executive in the digital media industry, working in major media organizations and technology-focused startups. His work with Lumen Technologies drove technical product strategy and customer success for a portfolio of content delivery, video streaming, and edge computing offerings. Glenn was a leader in Viacom’s global technology organization for many years, innovating in the fields of video streaming, content management, media operations, augmented reality, and machine learning. He’s been passionate about video and imaging technologies throughout his career, working on pioneering implementations of digital newsroom photography, digital cameras, and HD video streaming with marquee organizations such as Kodak, Associated Press, Paramount and MTV.
Nikolai Keychenko (Sr. Director, Product Management at Verimatrix)
Nikolai has years of experience in designing and developing security products for telecom and media industries. He has been acknowledged for influencing growth of complex multi-national ventures and has been recognized for solving customer problems and challenges, for persuasive communication, and for strong abilities to close deals.
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