5G and the Edge Cloud for Streaming Video
5G is the fifth generation of cellular networks and it brings new capabilities that have the potential to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society. This is particularly…
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All Coming Together: A Collaborative Effort to Achieve Comprehensive End-to-End Monitoring
This paper, originally published by SCTE ISBE, outlines a collaborative integration of manifest delivery, analytics, quality metrics, visual dashboard, and reporting methods while highlighting several demonstration use-cases. This…
Read articleBest Practices for End-to-End Workflow Monitoring
As the video streaming industry continues to mature, QoE expectations continue to rise in importance both as a value proposition to the consumer as well as a differentiator…
Read articleBest Practices for Reducing Live Streaming Latency
Over-the-Top (OTT) video streaming is accelerating towards a tipping point where broadcasters are simulcasting their content to both OTT and traditional broadcast customers. This has raised concern with…
Read articleCMAF Tech Brief
This document provides an explanation of the Common Media Application Format (CMAF) and the Alliance’s position on it within a streaming video workflow.
Read articleComments on HLS Steering Proposal
In this document, a cross-functional working group committee reviews and responds to the HLS Content Steering Proposal 1.1b1 and the subsequent Redundant Stream Steering Proposal (RSS).
Read articleeXtended Reality Brief
Extended Reality (XR) is becoming deeply ingrained in the consumer entertainment space and represents an interesting opportunity to provide immersive video experiences for the creators of premium entertainment…
Read articleForensic Watermarking Implementation Considerations for Streaming Media
The piracy of online video content is a significant issue for content owners and distributors. This document explains the technology of watermarking and how it can be employed,…
Read articleGeo-Data for IPv6
There are many different approaches to associating attributes to an IP address and many different attributes that can apply. There are also several different approaches to delivering that…
Read articleHome Storage Functional Specification
This document addresses use cases and functional requirements for the home storage open caching architecture. The Home Storage Open Caching Node (HS-OCN) is a new component of the…
Read articleImproved Quality of Service (QoS) For Advertisement Delivery Across OTT: Best Practices
Advertisement insertion into OTT streams is a critical part of the overall user experience. Breakdowns in services or delivery can have a detrimental impact on viewer churn. To…
Read articleIndustry Associations and Standards Organizations
There are numerous industry associations, trade associations, technical groups, and standards definitions organizations (SDOs), operating in the streaming industry space (or adjacent to it). Below is a list…
Read articleKey Network Delivery Metrics
This document describes key network delivery metrics for streaming Internet video. The Streaming Video Alliance Quality of Experience (QoE) working group (WG) developed these metrics as a common…
Read articleMetadata Landscape
The evolution of content distribution models over the past decades has introduced a tremendous amount of flexibility for content processing and delivery. The availability of metadata, which provides…
Read articleMobile Video: Exposed
This consumer research study, based on 1000 respondents, was fielded in late 2016 and explored attitudes and behaviors around watching video on mobile phones.
Read articleOpen Cache Logging Requirements Specification
This document specifies requirements for Open Caching System (OCS) for Logging data to help track data acquisition and delivery of it to the end user. The information logging…
Read articleOpen Cache Request Routing Functional Specification
This document describes the high-level functional specification of open caching request routing and the required interfaces to enable request routing to be performed from an upstream CDN to…
Read articleOpen Cache Request Routing Service Provisioning Interface Specification
This document describes the high-level functional specification of open caching request routing and the required interfaces to enable request routing to be performed from an upstream CDN to…
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