As live sports rapidly shift to streaming, one of the biggest questions facing the industry is simple:

Can the networks actually handle it?

In this Next TMT Talks x Media Play News episode, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel sit down with Sig Luft, CEO of NetSkrt, to discuss the biggest technical and business challenges facing live sports streaming today.

From CDN bottlenecks and edge delivery to latency, World Cup scale, Netflix's growing pains, and the future of IP-based broadcast infrastructure, this is a must-watch conversation for media and technology executives heading into NAB 2026.

Topics include:

• Why live sports creates massive CDN challenges
• The edge delivery problem
• Why latency matters for sports and betting
• What Netflix learned from massive live events
• World Cup and global distribution challenges
• Why OTT may eventually become 100% of distribution
• The shift from broadcast infrastructure to IP

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This week on Next TMT Talks, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down the biggest stories shaping the media, streaming, and sports business.

From consumer confusion over streamer brands to the future of NFL media rights, Netflix's valuation, Amazon's sports strategy, and the growing AI arms race, this episode covers the forces reshaping television and entertainment.

Topics include:

• Why consumers no longer know which studio made their shows
• The growing power of TVOS and platform discovery
• NFL antitrust and media rights pressure
• Amazon Prime's expansion into premium sports
• Netflix stock upside and revenue efficiency
• theatrical vs streaming release windows
• Anthropic, AI security risks, and zero-day threats
• NAB preview from Las Vegas

A must-watch conversation for executives in streaming, CTV, telecom, sports media, and ad tech.

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This week on Next TMT Talks, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down the biggest stories shaping the future of technology, media, and telecom.

This episode dives into:

• The growing battle over the NFL's broadcast rights and antitrust protections
• Why the league's next media deal could reshape the economics of television
• Sam Altman and OpenAI's surprising media acquisition strategy
• The broader AI power struggle between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft
• Brendan Carr, Starlink, and the broadband/router controversy
• What low-earth orbit satellite expansion means for cable and telecom
• The Wall Street Journal's stark look at Hollywood's economic downturn
• Why production slowdowns, ad-supported streaming, and pricing pressure are changing the entertainment business

From sports rights and AI to streaming economics and Hollywood's future, this is a must-listen for executives across media, telecom, advertising, and technology.

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