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title: Meeting the Top 3 challenges of sports streaming in the Middle East and beyond
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The challenges of sports streaming, the rise of split-season releases, the difficulties of retaining Generation Churn, IBC2025 meetings now open, & more

| June 26, 2025 View in browser Meeting the Top 3 challenges of sports streaming in the Middle East and beyond By Ali Amazouz, VP Business Development, MENA. Sports streaming is becoming an ever-more important play for broadcasters and operators, but there are critical challenges that need to be considered. Stranger Things 5 and split-season releases Netflix’s decision to release Stranger Things 5 in three separate batches at the end of the year confirms the rise of the split-season release model. The challenges of retaining 18-34 viewers  Industry Insights: Meeting the demands of the 18-34 demographic, where sport fits into that equation, and anti-piracy success in France. - VO in the Press - Our EVP Product and Services, Pierre-Alexandre Bidard, features in this three part series on anti-piracy initiatives from decodeTV. Security focus part 1: The CDN Leeching threat Security focus part 2: Service blocking   Security focus part 3: Provenance and authenticity Vote for us now in the Streaming Media European Innovation Awards! Vote for our Design as a Service (DaaS) no-code UI tool in the Streaming Innovation of the Year category. If you have voted for it already, thank you. If you haven't it only takes a minute. Voting closes June 27! https://www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Innovation-Awards. Meet with us at IBC2025! Appointments on Stand 1.A51 now available Free entrance for VO guests with coupon code IBC1536. The industry’s biggest event of the year is around the corner — and we’ll be there! Viaccess-Orca, Tour Egee, 16th Floor, 9,11 allee de l'Arche, Paris, La Defense 92400, FRANCE Unsubscribe |
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