March 10, 2025

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NPAW's Bruno Giner and ESHAP's Evan Shapiro Talk Better Data for Better Business Outcomes at Streaming Media Connect 2025

Streaming Media Connect 2025's featured a fascinating Keynote Fireside Chat featuring NPAW VP Sales Global | DXI Bruno Giner and Media Universe Cartographer Evan Shapiro. The discussion focused on the importance of data in the streaming industry and NPAW's strategic approach to it, emphasizing the need for democratization and unification of data across departments to improve business outcomes.

The Future of Media and Entertainment Unveiled at NAB Show

AI, Sports, Streaming, Cloud Virtualization and the Creator Economy Take Center Stage

Outage at the Oscars: Producing Live Streams Is Harder Than it Looks

The Oscars were broadcast March 2nd on Disney-owned ABC and streamed on Hulu. However, the livestream was reportedly beset with problems.

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Why Did Netflix’s Tyson-Paul Stream Fail at Scale—Or Did it Fail at All?

Netflix's live-streamed Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy in late 2024, from "Was it a real fight?" to "Was the stream itself an epic fail?" The streaming fail claims stemmed from 1 million-plus users reporting buffering problems and worse. So, what went wrong? Only Netflix engineers know, assert Akamai's Will Law and YouTube's Sean McCarthy in this clip from Streaming Media Connect. And is a stream that seemingly satisfies 59 out of 60 million viewers such an epic fail? And what can the industry learn about unexpected traffic bursts and other challenges Netflix faced, asks Swerve Sports' Christy Tanner, in what might prove the ultimate tech-centric Tyson-Paul post mortem.