Q1 2026: Los Angeles, CA (March 3rd, 4th, and 5th)
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Description
The first member meeting of 2026 will be hosted by Warner Brothers Discovery at their offices in Burbank, California. March 3rd is a full day security workshop. March 4th and 5th are the normal member meeting days.
Note: This meeting is for Streaming Video Technology Alliance member companies only. If you would like to attend and contribute to the Alliance’s work, we encourage you to join today!
Accommodations
We have negotiated a discounted rate of $191 + tax  with the Sheraton Universal Hotel, through NBCU. To get the discount,  use the following LINK to make your reservation. Please note that there is a 72hr cancellation fee (otherwise first night will be charged).
The discount applies through February 13th.
Registration
Registration is open! Click on the button below to visit the registration page.
Fees
- Early Bird: $400 (through January 31)
- Standard: $500 (through March 1)
- Late: $800 (after March 1)
Social Event Details
Info
This social event, held in conjunction with the LA Video Meetup, is on the evening of Wednesday, March 4th at Margaritaville. Elecard and Hydrolix are sponsoring drinks and light appetizers as the LA Video Meetup and SVTA meeting attendees network and relax in casual converations.
Location
Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA
March 3rd, 2026
9:00am
In-Person Streaming Security Workshop
9:00am to 4:00pm
Hollywoodland
8:30am
Check-in
8:30am to 9:00am
Hollywoodland
March 4th, 2026
8:00am
Check-in
8:00am to 8:30am
Hollywoodland
8:30am
Welcome, SVTA Updates, & Board Member Townhall
8:30am to 9:00am
Hollywoodland
Jason Thibeault
9:15am
UHDF WG Update
9:15am to 9:45am
Hollywoodland
Yasser Syed
Bill Redmann
9:45am
Break
9:45am to 10:00am
10:00am
WG Updates: OC* WG + Edge Storage
10:00am to 10:30am
Hollywoodland
Yoav Gressel
Pankaj Chaudhari
Dan Newman
Alan Arolovitch
10:30am
OC Open Casting
10:30am to 11:30am
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Guillaume Bichot
Players & Playback WG
10:30am to 11:30am
Hollywoodland
Daniel Silhavy
Yuriy Reznik
Ali C. Begen
11:30am
Content Distribution WG Discussion
11:30am to 12:30pm
Hollywoodland
Jason Thibeault
Steve Miller-Jones
Metadata WG
11:30am to 12:30pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Rebecca Avery
12:30pm
Lunch (and WG Chairs Lunch)
12:30pm to 1:30pm
1:30pm
Studio Tours
1:30pm to 2:45pm
Warner Bros. Studio Lot
Guided tours of the Warner Bros. Studios
2:45pm
Immersive Video WG
2:45pm to 3:45pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Sanjay Mishra
Low Latency Streaming WG
2:45pm to 3:45pm
Hollywoodland
Florence Agboma
Michael Demb
Robin Wilson
3:45pm
Edge WG
3:45pm to 4:45pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
Streaming Video Operations
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Hollywoodland
Mark Ison
James Hall
Alec Hendry
4:45pm
Break
4:45pm to 5:00pm
5:00pm
Edge WG
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
March 5th, 2026
8:00am
DASH-IF WG
8:00am to 9:00am
Hollywoodland
Thomas Stockhammer
Yuriy Reznik
Edge WG
8:00am to 9:00am
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
9:00am
QoE WG
9:00am to 10:30am
Hollywoodland
Tony Stott
Dr. Abdul Rehman
Sean McCarthy
Edge WG
9:00am to 10:30am
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
Security WG
9:00am to 10:30am
Walley World
Kei Foo
Mike Wilkinson
Brian Paxton
10:30am
Break
10:30am to 10:45am
10:45am
Encoding & Packaging WG
10:45am to 11:45am
Hollywoodland
Alex Giladi
Yuriy Reznik
Edge Storage SG
10:45am to 11:45am
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Dan Newman
Alan Arolovitch
11:45am
Advertising WG
11:45am to 12:30pm
Hollywoodland
David Hassoun
Olivier Cortambert
Edge WG
11:45am to 12:30pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm to 1:30pm
1:30pm
Studio Tours
1:30pm to 2:45pm
Warner Bros. Studio Lot
Guided tours of the Warner Bros. Studios
2:45pm
Networking and Transport WG
2:45pm to 3:15pm
Hollywoodland
Glenn Deen
Gwendal Simon
OC Logging Interface
2:45pm to 3:15pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Ben Rosenblum
3:15pm
Networking and Transport WG
3:15pm to 4:15pm
Hollywoodland
Glenn Deen
Gwendal Simon
OC in IETF CDNi Pipeline
3:15pm to 4:15pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Pankaj Chaudhari
Yoav Gressel
Sanjay Mishra
4:15pm
Break
4:15pm to 4:30pm
4:30pm
AI Committee
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Hollywoodland
Bhavesh Upadhyaya
Edge WG
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Glenn Deen
Sanjay Mishra
Yoav Gressel
5:30pm
Closing
5:30pm to 5:45pm
Hollywoodland
Jason Thibeault
Working Group Topics and Materials
Below are topics discussed during working group sessions as well as any supporting presentation materials and recorded videos.
Advertising Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- Ad Creative Signaling in DASH and HLS v3
- Non-Linear Ads and DASH v6 Updates
- Pause Ads
- Advertising 201 Course discussion
DASH-IF Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- L3D
- Media Authentication
- Content Steering
- SGAI
- CMCDv2
- Optimized MPDs
- Native DRM – work with DVN
Edge Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- WG update – Foundation Spec overview and call for action
- Technical session:
- Review the Technology survey.
- Deep dive:
- Request Routing Strategies
- Network policy alignment – control network paths, ports used, technologies used.
- Security challenges
- Next steps
Encoding And Packaging Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- Study on contribution protocols for live streaming
- Future WG activities
Measurement/QoE Section Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- Player Error Codes Review
- MQA Document Review
Networking and Transport Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- MOQ Update  – including reporting on the recent interim held in Denver.
Players and Playback Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- Updates on the current projects
- Common Media Library
- Multi CDN Switching
- Â Update on potential new 2026 projects
- Open Streaming Evaluation and Benchmarking Platform
- WebAssembly – Performance Evaluations
- Multiview – Best Practices
- MSE/EME-based media players – Best Practices
Security Working Group
This group plans to discuss the following topics:
- DRM Key Rotation – review and discuss sections where we need contribution
- CDN Log Schema – review comments/feedback and accept changes
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