About SEGMENTS
a one-day conference dedicated to streaming video operations
A dash of hands-on, a healthy dose of technology, and a way to possibly solve a challenge...no matter how outlandish!
There are lots of conferences out there that dig deep, deep, deep into the technology of streaming video (like Demuxed and Mile High Video) or the business of streaming video (like Streaming Connect and StreamTV) but no conference deals with how to better operate a streaming service. That’s SEGMENTS. Launched in 2023 by the Streaming Video Technology Alliance, SEGMENTS was targeted at helping people solve day-to-day challenges across all different “segments” of the streaming video workflow.
check out some examples of past presentations
Here's How SEGMENTS:2025 Madrid is Organized
Technology and Standards
These presentations deal with the challenges of working with certain technologies as well as challenges with applying standards and specifications.
Video Operations
These presentations deal with the day-to-day challenges of operating a streaming video platform at scale.
The European Experience
These presentations deal with challenges and issues specific to the European region.
Each Section Addresses the "Segments" of the Workflow
Ingest
Challenges with acquiring content into the streaming workflow.
Content
Challenges with encoding, optimizing profiles, packaging, and other content preparation tasks.
Manipulation
Challenges with manipulating content includes applying DRM, transcoding, and watermarking.
Delivery
Challenges with delivering content to players and devices.
Playback
Challenges with content playback such as buffer optimization, offline viewing, and device playback synchronization.
Analysis/Monitoring
Challenges with analyzing streaming data to improve workflow reliability, performance, scalability, and QoE.
A special place for first-time speakers
SEGMENTS Features A "New Voices" Program To Introduce New Speakers
The SVTA understands that the growth of our industry requires new voices and new faces sharing fresh perspectives on technologies, challenges, and operations. That’s why we’ve implemented our New Voices Program which will identify presentations in each section of SEGMENTS:2025 Madrid that are being delivered by first-time speakers.
THE SVTA SEGMENTS CONFERENCE series IS AN extension of our mission
About the Streaming Video Technology Alliance
Comprised of members from across the video ecosystem, the Streaming Video Technology Alliance is the global technical association that works to solve critical streaming video challenges in an effort to improve end-user experience and adoption. The organization focuses on three main activities: first is to educate the industry on challenges, technologies, and trends through informative, publicly-available resources such as whitepapers, articles, and e-books; second is to foster collaboration among different video ecosystem players through working groups, quarterly meetings, and conferences; third is to define solutions for streaming video challenges by producing specifications, best practices, and other technical documentation.
