Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Streaming production tools and playback devices have taken huge leaps forward in recent years, but streaming’s “middle mile”—the infrastructure between ingest and delivery—is where the transcoding, packaging, and routing happen that can make or break a stream as it’s prepared for delivery to multiple feeds and destinations. As streams scale and stakes rise, this session offers best practices and new strategies for mastering the middle mile and developing effective and flexible workflows that yield resilient and reliable streams.
Moderator:
Bhavesh Upadhyaya, Subject Matter Expert - QoE, AI, Live Operations, SVTA
Speakers:
Nishant Sirohi, Director, Live Video, Paramount
Marcos Daniel Petry, Head of Streaming & CDN Platform, Globo
Rob Collins, Executive Director of Software Development, STARZ
Streaming production tools and playback devices have taken huge leaps forward in recent years, but streaming’s “middle mile”—the infrastructure between ingest and delivery—is where the transcoding, packaging, and routing happen that can make or break a stream as it’s prepared for delivery to multiple feeds and destinations. As streams scale and stakes rise, this session offers best practices and new strategies for mastering the middle mile and developing effective and flexible workflows that yield resilient and reliable streams.
Moderator:
Bhavesh Upadhyaya, Subject Matter Expert - QoE, AI, Live Operations, SVTA
Speakers:
Nishant Sirohi, Director, Live Video, Paramount
Marcos Daniel Petry, Head of Streaming & CDN Platform, Globo
Rob Collins, Executive Director of Software Development, STARZ










