Nov 1-2, 2016 | Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach

Streaming Media West 2016 Agenda

Monday, October 31, 2016

Streaming Media University Workshops

9:00 - 12:00

W1: Creating An Open-Source Encoding Pipeline

W2: Encoding 2016: Codecs and Packaging for PCs, Mobile and OTT/STB/Smart TVs
1:30 - 4:30

W3: Wowza Ninja Training Workshop: Building End-to-End Workflows with Wowza

W4: Making the Transition From Flash to HTML5
5:00 - 6:30

Sunset Welcome Reception on the Lighthouse Courtyard

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

9:00 - 10:00

Welcome & Opening Keynote: Roku
Presenter Steve Shannon, GM, Content and Services, Roku
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

Track A

Track B

Track C

Track D:
How To Track

Discovery Track

Live Streaming Summit


10:30 - 11:15

Codec Battles Revisited: HEVC vs. AVC in 2016
11:30 - 12:30

Using Analytics to Create Better Content & Personalize the End-User Experience
10:30 - 11:15

Advances in Open Source Compression Technology
11:30 - 12:30

Best Practices For Building an Internal Streaming Solution
10:30 - 11:15

What Viewers Want: Current and Future Trends in the Video Revolution
11:30 - 12:00

Best Practices In Implementing Live and Synchronized OTT Services
12:00 - 12:30

Best Practices For Streaming High-Bitrate Video
10:30 - 11:15

How To: Fine-Tuning Your Adaptive Encoding Groups With Objective Quality Metrics
11:30 - 12:30

How To: Streaming Video to the Desktop Without Flash
10:30 - 10:50

4K Live Video Streaming
10:55 - 11:15

Using Object Storage to Reduce Latency and Enable Content Distribution and Delivery
11:30 - 11:50

Why Your Video Streaming Fails, and Your Customers Hate You Because of It
11:55 - 12:15

Build 4K and VR/360 Live Streaming Workflows in Minutes
10:30 - 11:15

Live Streaming Platforms: Compare & Contrast
11:30 - 12:30

Live Streaming Spotlights
12:30 - 1:45

Attendee Lunch on the Lawn

1:45 - 2:30

Delivering Content in a Multi-Device World: Technical Challenges and Solutions
2:45 - 3:30

How Periscope Migrated To HTML5 And Low Latency HLS
1:45 - 2:30

Business and Technical Challenges Of Forensic Watermarking For 4K/UHD
2:45 - 3:30

How To Succeed With OTT: Tackling Business Strategy and Unlocking Revenue
1:45 - 2:30

Case Study: Live Streaming at The Humane Society of the United States
2:45 - 3:30

Emerging Streaming Technologies: Picking The Winners
1:45 - 2:30

How To: Performing Subjective Evaluation of Encoding Technologies
2:45 - 3:30

How To: Improving QoS With Player-Side Iterations and An Effective AB Testing Workflow
1:45 - 2:05

Using Social Media to Boost Audience Engagement
2:10 - 2:30

Checklist for Creating OTT Experiences that WOW!
2:45 - 3:05

Managing Your Digital Assets
3:10 - 3:30

Enabling Scalable Watermarking
1:45 - 2:30

NDI: What It Is, How It Works, & Why It Is Important
2:45 - 3:30

Will Ka-band, Cellular Bonding, & LEO Satellites Revolutionize Live Streaming?
3:30 - 4:00

Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

4:00 - 5:00

The Future Of TV: Shifting From Linear To Online
4:00 - 5:00

Best Practices For Executing High Profile Live Streaming Events
4:00 - 4:30

Case Study: How Tastemade Built Their Own Global Video Platform
4:30 - 5:00

Case Study: Building A Video Publishing Pipeline At The NY Times
4:00 - 5:00

How To: Building Audiences on the Roku Platform
4:00 - 4:20

Video Encoding and HTML5 Playback With Native DRM
4:25 - 4:45

How Big Broadcasts are Streaming in 360º
4:00 - 5:00

Planning for Failure: The Essential Step to Achieving Live Streaming Success
5:00 - 6:00

Exhibit Hall Reception
6:00 - 7:30

Streaming Media Beer Garden & Networking Event

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

8:30 - 9:00

Streaming Media Magazine's Readers Choice Awards Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00

Keynote: Viacom
Presenter Jeff Tapper, SVP, Engineering, Viacom
10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

Track A

Track B

Track C

Discovery Track

Live Streaming Summit


10:30 - 11:15

Best Practices For Captioning Live Video On The Web
11:30 - 12:30

How The Industry Can Address The Challenges Around Virtual Reality
10:30 - 11:15

How Pay TV Providers Are Moving To The Cloud
11:30 - 12:30

Building Streaming Workflows For K-12 and Higher Education
10:30 - 11:15

How To: Deploying Server Side Ad Insertion
11:30 - 12:30

How To: Build Your Own Cloud Encoder With FFmpeg
10:30 - 10:50

The Two Most Important Things about Streaming to Facebook Live
10:55 - 11:15

OTT – The Evolving Content Delivery Ecosystem
11:30 - 11:50

Why Operational Analytics Are Vital to Support Live Streaming QoE
11:55 - 12:15

Deploying an OTT Strategy for Distributing Content to IP-Enabled Devices
10:30 - 11:15

Beyond the Live Stream: Improving the Viewer Experience
11:30 - 12:30

Live Streaming Spotlights
12:30 - 1:45

Lunch Break - A Chance to Visit the Exhibit Hall

1:45 - 2:45

Using QoE Data To Insure A High-Quality Viewing Experience
1:45 - 2:45

The Latest With DASH, HLS, and MPEG-CMAF
1:45 - 2:45

How To: Choosing And Benchmarking HTML5 Players
1:45 - 2:05

Discovery Track Session
2:10 - 2:30

Supercharge Your Revenue Streams: Unlock the Device Conundrum and Reach Them All to Maximize Your Returns
3:15 - 3:35

Object Storage: An Efficient Data Management Solution for Streaming Media
1:45 - 2:45

Live Virtual Reality/360° Video: Today & Tomorrow
2:45 - 3:15

Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:15 - 4:00

How To: Virtual Reality And 360-Degree Live Streaming
 
3:15 - 4:00

The Future of Live Streaming

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