The Video Insiders

In this episode we host Jeremy Toeman, Founder of Aug X Labs. Aug X Labs automatically creates videos based on audio content (such as podcasts), by analyzing the audio and matching videos from the user's own collection, public images & videos, and generative media. Jeremy shares his unique method of using "scrimmages" to prototype products and exercise team and company skills, and outlines a future vision where the platform will make recommendations to users regarding the video content based on defined goals such as maximizing conversion rates and other metrics.

Stef van der Ziel, who pioneered live video over the Internet by streaming a rock concert in 1994, tells the story of Jet-Stream, which evolved from those early trials to be a leading European video technology provider with its own high-performance and GDPR-compliant streaming cloud.

Paul Markham, Enterprise Architect for Digital at Arqiva, takes us on a journey from the early days of FTPing files for DAB Radio and the initial release of BBC's iPlayer to the current migration of broadcast workflows to the cloud. Along the way we discuss a variety of topics including device fragmentation, software engineering, agile, diversity and innovation.

In this episode we host Tsahi Levent-Levi, Founder of BlogGeek.me and CPO of Spearline. We talk about the protocols and codecs used by Zoom, Teams and Meet, how to achieve the best video quality with WebRTC, and how WebAssembly, WebCodecs and WebTransport are "unbundling" WebRTC.

In this episode we host Jim Jachetta, CTO of VidOvation, a leading provider of wired and wireless video distribution systems for broadcast television. We talk about how cellular bonding and 5G technology enable new content experiences, and change the way complex sports productions such as the PGA Golf tournament are produced and delivered.

Guido Meardi, CEO and Co-Founder of V-Nova, talks about the process of standardizing his company's proprietary technology in MPEG, how the market is adopting this standard, and some of the future applications of the technology.

In this episode we host Dom Robinson, Founder of the GreeningOfStreaming organization, for a passionate discussion on the enormous environmental impact of the video streaming industry, how it can be measured, and what can be done to reduce it.

Ramzi Khsib, Principal Software Engineer at AWS Elemental, shares his thoughts on the current state and future outlook for video codecs. We talk about market adoption of AVC, HEVC, VVC and AV1, content-adaptive encoding, implementations in HW vs. SW, and how the compression efficiency of existing codecs can be improved with machine learning tools.

In this episode we host Jonas Birmé, VP R&D at Eyevinn Technology, a leading streaming consultancy. Jonas shares his takeaways from the Streaming Media Sweden conference, and explains how WebRTC can be used for interactive streaming based on the proposed WHIP and WHPP protocols.

In this episode we host Daniel Silhavy, Project Manager at Fraunhofer FOKUS and lead developer of dash.js. We talk about the latest developments in MPEG-DASH and the dash.js reference player implementation, including MPD patching, multi-period playback and Common Media Client Data (CMCD). We also discuss the 5G-MAG reference implementation for media streaming and broadcast over 5G, and how it enables combining broadcast streams with unicast streams for applications such as personalized advertising, multi-lingual support and multiple camera angles.