Episodes

In Case You Missed It… Matt Levine sits down with Jason Thibeault, Executive Director of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA). Jason shares his journey from the "dot-bomb" era to leading one of the industry's most influential technical bodies. The two dive into the current state of streaming—what Jason calls the "messy middle"—where we are moving away from traditional broadcast (QAM) toward a fully IP-distributed future. They discuss the SVTA’s evolving mission from simple open cachi...

Matt Levine chats with Jason Thibeault, the Executive Director of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance, a global consortium of companies working to shape the future of online video. They discuss why CDN performance issues persist even as edge delivery improves, and how blind spots in the middle mile and misleading metrics continue to cause outages, buffering, and viewer churn. Jason shares insights on how better visibility, smarter metrics, and emerging AI-driven workflows can help streami...

Full episode launches on March 12

In Case You Missed It… Matt Levine sits down with industry veteran Vince Taisipic (Business Solutions & Innovation Strategist) to tackle a question that surfaces every few years: Is this finally the year Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology takes over for traditional CDNs? Vince draws on his experience from the early days of Kontiki and Level 3 to explain why P2P—despite its undeniable technical efficiency—has struggled to shake the "piracy stigma" of the early 2000s. The conversation covers the ...

Matt Levine chats with Vince Taisipic to discuss all things CDN streaming and the realities behind how content is delivered at scale. They discuss where traditional CDNs still excel, why newer approaches like peer-to-peer and open caching struggle with adoption, and how buyers actually evaluate reliability, performance, and long-term viability. Learn how modern CDN architectures really work, what breaks under real-world conditions, and what the future of streaming and content delivery is like...

Full episode launches on February 19

We are excited to announce the launch of season 3 of The Anycast. This season includes insightful interviews with guests including Vince Taisipic, Jason Thibeault, Olga Kornienko, and Luria Petrucci...plus more!