Author name: Jason Thibeault

Jason is the Executive Director of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance, the international technical association for streaming video which brings companies from across the streaming ecosystem together to collaborate on technical solutions to delivering high-quality video at scale. In this role, he runs day-to-day operations, finances, member recruitment, strategy, and evangelizes the organization at events around the world. He is also the co-founder of a big data startup, datazoom.io. Jason is a contributing editor at Streaming Media Magazine and has written several books.

Verizon and Disney+: Providing Solutions To Stream The Highest Quality Content

NEW YORK, NY – The Walt Disney Company and Verizon recently began trialing advanced content caching technology in the Fios network that will improve the experience for customers streaming Disney+ content over their Verizon FIOS service. Throughout the past few months, building on Verizon’s existing edge caching capabilities, the companies have collaborated on a trial […]

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New Open Caching Specification and LABS API Project

FREMONT, Calif. — July 1, 2020 — The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), a global technical association developing solutions to address critical technical challenges in delivering a high-quality video experience at scale, today announced the immediate availability of a new technical specification document from the Open Caching Working Group. The Open Caching Relayed Token Authentication

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Viasat Brings Streaming Video Alliance Open Caching Technology to Life with FuboTV

Viasat, a Streaming Video Alliance member company, announced today that they have partnered with FuboTV, a leading live streaming content provider, to bring their sports, news, and entertainment content to in-flight passengers at no charge. In order to scale this offering and deliver a high-quality viewing experience in the most effective and efficient manner possible,

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New Open Caching Specifications and Sub-Group: Edge Storage

FREMONT, CA–(Marketwired – Jul 20, 2017) – The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), an industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem, today announces the immediate availability of two new technical specification documents from the Open Caching Working Group. In addition, the Open Caching Working Group has introduced a new sub group for Edge Storage,

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First Trials of Open Caching Systems Deployed in ISP Networks

FREMONT, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 3, 2017) – The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance) today announced that trials based on recently approved Open Caching Request Routing and HTTPS Delegation Technical Specification will begin. The trials are the first implementation by Alliance member companies of open caching systems that incorporate the specification for request routing in ISP

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