The last couple of years I've been spending more time researching and understanding OTT infrastructure-- capabilities, as well as technical and cost trade-offs. Probably the biggest area of innovation is the processing platform that runs most of the OTT service-- what we affectionately call "the cloud" (I was even hired as an expert witness for a lawsuit involving cloud platforms and encoders). I've learned a lot, but most of all that there are many more options out there than the usual suspects of AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.

Join me, sponsor Linode, and other experts for my next webinar on this topic:

Title: "How OTTs Save Money and Improve Performance by Streaming Video on the Alternative Cloud"
Date: March 24 at 1 PM EST.

Register Here.

Speakers:
- Chris Allen, CEO, Red5 Pro
- Garvan Doyle, Co-Founder, MIXR
- Mike Maney, Head of Corp. Comms, Linode

Here's the final speaker lineup for OTT Executive Summit (www.OTTexec.com, next week Nov 17-19, virtual and global). Yup, that's right, you're looking at 130 leaders in media & entertainment across OTT and Pay TV and everything in between. We've curated 37 informative sessions ranging from monetization, UX, sports, codecs, ad-tech, storytelling, piracy, content management, devices, QoE/QoS, social video, apps, search & discovery, and viewer acquisition, among others. Throw in six keynotes from industry heavy-weights, fireside chats with 17 others, three consumer focus groups, and two virtual cocktail receptions, and what we got here is THE definitive virtual event on all things OTT. Best of all? It's FREE this year! Join us: www.OTTexec.com

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(www.OTTexec.com) Join us for the 8th annual OTT (Over The Top) Executive Summit, being held November 17-19, 2020, for the first time as a virtual event. The OTT Executive Summit brings together the top minds in video content, distribution, and technology to discuss how OTT is enabling new business models for both traditional Pay TV providers and new innovators. We are planning another fantastic gathering of industry executives representing the “who’s who” of the industry— including service providers, broadcasters, programmers, content producers, advertisers, and enabling technologies. 96% of past attendees were senior executives and all were key thought leaders and decision makers.

New Global Format This Year

Now in its 8th iteration, OTT Executive Summit is revolutionizing its format, embracing streaming more heartily, and going truly global! This year, rather than a one-day event in New York City, we are expanding to a three-day virtual format, providing a global livestream, with Q&A and networking via our Zoom video platform. We'll certainly miss the meals and cocktail reception of our normal Summit, but this year we'll trade the intimacy of a smaller gathering for a global virtual conference of over 100 top speakers and more than 1,000 attendees from around the world. We hope you can join us.