Fremont, Calif. – December 18, 2025 – Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA), the international technical association developing solutions to address critical technical challenges in delivering a high-quality, secure video experience at scale, has completed the merger with the Ultra High Definition Forum (UHDF) which was announced at IBC 2025. The official closing date was December 1, 2025.
“We are excited to welcome the UHDF into the SVTA family,” says Jason Thibeault, CEO of SVTA. “As we wrote in a blog post earlier this year, this is a great opportunity to align upstream decisions about content with the streaming technology stack, bringing together the two sides of the video experience which are often disconnected. The new UHDF Working Group will be actively working with other SVTA groups, such as Encoding and Packaging, to identify areas of alignment even as the new group pursues specification work on UHD content.”
While there were many existing UHDF members who were also SVTA members, we do want to welcome the following companies into the SVTA membership as part of the merger:
- cutz
- DTG
- Hexaglobe Group
- LG
- Pixop
- ROSS Video
- TCL
- travelxp
- Xperi
For more information, you can visit the UHDF Working Group webpage at https://www.svta.org/working-group/uhdf/.
You can also read the SVTA blog announcing the intent to merge, which explains the rationale, here: https://www.svta.org/2025/09/22/a-river-of-content-runs-through-it/.
Low Latency Streaming Survey Report
Over the course of several months this year, the Low Latency Streaming Working Group fielded a survey with the objective of capturing what the industry thinks of Low Latency Streaming. This survey covered a number of topics including protocols being used, perceived benefits of low latency, and what low latency means (in terms of a number) to these companies. Respondents were from a broad cross-section of the industry representing pure-play streaming platforms (large and small), technology vendors, and network operators (who are also providing streaming services).
The report can be downloaded for free here: https://www.svta.org/document/svta7111-low-latency-survey-report-directional-insights/
In addition, we published an executive summary blog post which highlights some of the top salient points from the survey analysis. The blog post can be accessed here: https://www.svta.org/2025/12/17/gaining-a-consensus-on-latency-in-streaming-video/
About the Streaming Video Technology Alliance
The Streaming Video Technology Alliance is the global technical association addressing challenges of delivering high-quality video at scale. By providing a forum for collaboration across the streaming video ecosystem, the SVTA member companies can develop technical specifications, educational whitepapers, best practices, and software code which address those challenges. Over 100 companies including network operators, content rights holders, OTT platforms, service providers, and technology vendors participate in bi-weekly working group activities and quarterly face-to-face meetings. For more information on the SVTA, the Technical Groups, or to inquire about becoming a member, visit https://www.svta.org.
Contacts
Jason Thibeault
Streaming Video Technology Alliance
pr@svta.org
Jason Thibeault
Jason is the CEO 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.