The streaming industry is in the middle of its third expansion,being led by updates in live-streaming technologies, many of which still rely on legacy protocols but offer the benefit of in-browser acquisition and consumption.While the VOD model and generic HTTP delivery created a race to the bottom in terms of per-terabyte-delivered pricing, this third wave is creating another race to a lowpoint: reducing latencies to get to millisecond delays more akin to videoconferencing than to streaming at scale.Download the Live-Streaming Technology Trends 2023 research brief to gain insights into the following and more:Despite growth in cloud platforms, on-premise and hybrid approaches still impact many workflowsWhile newer protocols continue to gain in both acquisition and delivery use, legacy protocols just work, and they also power a large portion of the live-streaming workflowThe industry remains split on both low-latency expectations and security around low-latency streams
Streaming Media presented its 12th Connect virtual conference November 13 - 16, with media industry cartographer Evan Shapiro as host and MC. Shapiro kicked off the event with a dynamic keynote, digging deep into the Q3 earnings call data to hold the spin doctors accountable and giving an unvarnished view of the industry. Other highlights included The Future of Streaming with Shobana Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering at Google TV, and several panels covering topics such as Cloud Workflows for Streaming and CTV, Optimizing Live Streams at Scale, How Codec Patent Pools Will Impact Streaming in 2024, Making Live Streaming and VOD More Accessible, Live Streaming Technology Trends, and more.