Sports fans are among the most voracious video consumers, and they’re also the most demanding, expecting games and matches to be available anywhere, any time, and on any device. Streaming offers them more ways than ever to follow the teams and leagues they’re passionate about, as well as cutting-edge viewing experiences that traditional TV can’t match. And with the recent court ruling allowing sports betting, there will be more pressure than ever to deliver low-latency, interactive sports content. The new Sports Streaming Summit will explore how global broadcasters, local stations, and new media startups alike are changing how sport content is acquired, produced, delivered, and viewed, from little league to esports to the World Cup.
Registration Includes
Sports Streaming Summit may be registered for separate OR is included with our All Access and Full Two-Day Conference Pass Option. For more information on registration please click here.
- Access to all Sports Streaming Summit conference sessions
- Access to the Streaming Media West keynotes
- Access to the Discovery Track
- Light continental breakfast and morning and afternoon breaks
- Lunch on Tuesday
- VIP Mixer on Monday plus the Happy Hour in the Expo and Beer Garden on Tuesday
- Admission to the Streaming Media West Expo
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here to learn more.
Tuesday, Nov 13
Track SSS: Sports Streaming Summit
SSS101. Building Major League Viewing for Local & Regional Leagues
Tuesday, November 13: 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Building your audience for a sports broadcast is as important as producing quality content, and it’s not as simple as “Stream it, and they will come.” Learn some of the best practices for identifying, reaching, and growing your audiences from industry leaders in network broadcasting, college, and high school sports.
Derrick Oien, CEO, ScoreStream
J.D. Fox, Director of Partnerships and Product Management, PrestoSports and Stretch Internet
Brad Sexton, President & CEO, Live Media Group
David Bober, Investor & Board Member, Keemotion
SSS102. How IP Is Revolutionizing Sports Video Production
Tuesday, November 13: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The serial digital interface (SDI) has been the standard for many years, but that’s changing. Internet protocol (IP) video is rapidly displacing the trusty SDI cable with Ethernet, giving producers considerably more flexibility when they design the workflow for their broadcast. Learn from the pioneers of IP video how you can move your broadcasts into the IP world.
Mark East, Chief Problem Solver, 090 Media
Victor Borachuk, Owner, Director, Executive Producer, JupiterReturn
Jon Raidel, Technical Operations Manager, NFL Networks
Jack Lavey, Operations Technician, FloSports
SSS103. Leveraging Social Sites for Your Sports Broadcasts
Tuesday, November 13: 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Every major network and sports league knows that you must have a solid social strategy to ensure maximum reach for their broadcasts. Whether you’re delivering Major League Baseball, high school soccer, or anything in between, you can learn tips, tricks, and best practices from the top social sites, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
Matt Smith, Executive Director, Business Development & Strategy, Comcast Technology Solutions
Liberty White, Creative Director and Video Marketing Strategist, CHOZEN MEDIA
Andreas Jacobi, CEO, Make.TV
Khari Jones, Senior Video Producer, Live Streaming, Stanford University
Mark Krug, Director of Business Development and Partnerships, BlueFrame Technology
SSS104. Guerilla Tactics: Cellular Bonding & Remote Production
Tuesday, November 13: 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
When it comes to live broadcasting, it doesn't matter how great your show looks if no one can see it. Bonded cellular transmission is rapidly replacing traditional satellite and microwave as the preferred workflow to get your broadcast back to the studio or out to the world. This technology is also being leveraged to save travel costs by transmitting multiple cameras back to a centralized studio. This panel covers all aspects of adding bonded cellular transmission to your sports broadcasting workflow.
Lowell Thaler, President, Thaler Media
Dave Belding, Sales Director, Sports, LiveU
Dan Houze, VP, Encoding & Digital Strategy, BC Live Productions
SSS105. Sports Streaming Spotlights
Tuesday, November 13: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Go behind the scenes at some of the biggest sports streaming events and learn about the technologies that made them happen. Details announced soon!
Learn how sports broadcasters can maximize the revenues from their rights ownership for sports leagues. Today, technology has emerged to allow sports broadcasters to use one- or two-person production crews to create more high quality sports content at lower costs for more platforms.
Tracks & Special Events
Created for CEOs, CSOs, media strategists, and business development executives: This is your home at Streaming Media East. This forward-thinking track offers high-level strategic discussions where you can learn from the best where the online video economy is moving.
Created for CTOs, engineers, and developers who want one thing: solutions. The video ecosystem is a fragmented mix of platforms and devices: Learn from the pros how you can eliminate the bottlenecks and deliver results.
Live Streaming Summit focuses exclusively on the challenges and opportunities inherent in delivering large-scale live events and live linear channels to multiple screens. Sessions will address every step of the live video workflow, including ingestion, transcoding, management, protection, distribution, analytics, and post-event evaluation.
OTT is the future of television, and this summit is a deep dive into how broadcasters, cable & satellite operators, MVPDs, vMPVDs, and content rights holders can unlock the value of OTT and TV Everywhere.
If you're looking for deep dives into HEVC, VP9, AV1, DASH, CMAF, WebRTC, video optimization, or perceptual quality, you’ve come to the right place. Our expert speakers will help you take your video to the next level.
The new Sports Streaming Summit will explore how global broadcasters, local stations, and new media startups alike are changing how sport content is acquired, produced, delivered, and viewed, from little league to esports to the World Cup.
Sessions in this track are educational and the presentations which typically focus on products and customer case-studies, provide a good opportunity to learn more about specific technologies or vendors. Open to all conference attendees and Discovery Pass holders.
Streaming Media University features world class experts delivering content-rich training. This series of workshops at Streaming Media West 2018 offers attendees the opportunity to get deep-dive training on online video and streaming technologies and provides the sound theories and practicted techniques to beome a top performer in the online video field.
