The annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for NAB is always exciting for those in our industry. It's a chance to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Spending time face-to-face was lost during the pandemic so it's nice to see that coming back. This year, traffic was up 20% over 2022 to 65,000 attendees, but it's still down almost 30% relative to 2019 when the show attracted over 91,000 attendees.
Learn about key themes and trends we heard across dozens of conversations we had.
Streamers and rights holders are moving into interactive and personalized live applications to bring the future of sport to fans; however, most video streaming solutions have high streaming delays and are rife with quality issues like buffering, stuttering and crashing.
YouTube TV Hasn't Revealed its Plans for Combating Latency
Our 2023 Super Bowl Latency study was cited in an article discussing latency and the reality that latency and quality will be an issue of increasing proportions as streaming services continue competing for distribution rights and sports fans continue switching to streaming services.
While we were at NAB, a topic that kept coming up was weighing the pros and cons of building out one’s own video delivery infrastructure. Our Chief Product Officer,Bill Wishon, shares key consideration factors like economics of scale required to achieve positive ROI on the investment required for a private build-out of a fast, resilient video delivery infrastructure that can reach global audiences in an instant.
Long regarded as one of the media industry’s most influential executives, David Levy currently serves as Co-CEO of HS&E (Horizon Sports and Experiences), a new sports management company. In addition, he is Chairman of Genius Sports Group, a leading sports data and technology company. His career has spanned a range of leadership positions including President at Turner Broadcasting, Inc, and senior advisor roles at Raine Group and Arctos Sports Group respectively.
During his 30-year tenure at Turner, Levy played an instrumental role in defining and expanding the company’s media rights and securing long-term partnerships with the NBA, MLB, NCAA and PGA.
David Levy has been the recipient of multiple awards for his professional achievement, including being elected to the Broadcasting &
Cable Hall of Fame in 2012 and being named in 2018 by Sports Business Journal as one of the most influential executives over the past 20 years. In 2016, JDRF, the leading research and advocacy organization funding type 1 diabetes, honored Levy and his wife Niki, with the organization’s annual Humanitarian of the Year Award. He joined Phenix as a board member in early 2020.
