DENVER—Wowza has announced the general availability of Wowza Video Intelligence Framework, a new solution that enables media and sports organizations to apply AI directly inside live streaming workflows, generating real-time metadata, clips, alerts, and machine-readable event signals while a stream is still live.

Built to run alongside Wowza Streaming Engine, the framework connects live video to AI inference and converts what happens inside a stream into outputs downstream systems can immediately use. A single moment in a stream can simultaneously generate metadata for ad targeting, trigger a clip, fire a webhook, and update a downstream system without a separate pipeline, manual handoff, or delay, the company reported.

Rapid delivery of clips and highlights could boost revenue, the company said. Research from StreamLayer's 2026 live sports monetization analysis found that event-triggered, contextually aware ads deliver 40% higher CPMs than standard ad breaks but only if broadcasters have real-time signal about what is happening in the content. When Messi scored his first MLS goal, over 4 million people watched the clip in the hour after it happened. A clip that surfaces the next morning is a different asset entirely.

"Live video is the most valuable, most perishable asset in media and sports, and most of it still goes unused," said Krish Kumar, CEO of Wowza. "The moment passes before anyone can act on it. Video Intelligence Framework puts AI inside the live workflow, where the value actually is, so teams can detect what's happening and do something about it while it still matters."

Wowza Video Intelligence Framework extracts frames from live streams, routes them to AI models for inference, and converts the results into structured outputs that downstream systems can immediately consume - including webhooks, JSON, ID3 tags, stream overlays, timestamped clips, and event logs.

Because the framework operates within the live video pipeline itself, the same detected moment can support multiple outcomes simultaneously, generating ad targeting metadata, triggering an editorial clip workflow, surfacing a production alert, and updating a scouting platform in a single pass.

The framework supports deployment on-premises, at the edge, in the cloud, and in hybrid environments, allowing organizations to run inference close to the source rather than routing all workloads through the cloud. Teams can bring their own AI models and tailor detection logic to their specific use cases, evolving their workflows over time without rebuilding the streaming infrastructure underneath.

In launching the solution the company laid out a number of use cases for media and sports:

• Contextual Advertising and Monetization. Generate real-time content signals, including sponsor-relevant context, natural break points, scene-level metadata, and route them into ad decisioning and dynamic insertion workflows while inventory is still live. The result is more targetable, higher-value ad placements without added latency or manual effort.
• Live Content Tagging, Metadata, and Clip Generation. Identify meaningful moments inside live streams and generate timestamped clips that feed automatically into editorial tools, clip libraries, and distribution pipelines. Content teams produce more usable inventory from the same event, without the manual review process that erodes timeliness and scale.
• Sports Highlights, Scouting, and Performance Analysis. In sports, the framework helps organizations surface the exact clip a scout or analyst needs before the next game, generate player- and event-specific highlights for distribution, and convert live feeds into structured data that flows into coaching, analytics, and performance systems.
• Camera Health and Operational Monitoring. Detect degraded image quality, obstructed lenses, and misaligned feeds in real time, routing alerts into monitoring dashboards and operations workflows before a broadcast is disrupted or a subscriber notices.
• Built to Fit Existing Infrastructure. Wowza Video Intelligence Framework is designed to work with existing Wowza Streaming Engine deployments, allowing organizations to begin applying AI to live workflows without a large-scale infrastructure rebuild. As models, use cases, and business needs evolve, organizations can adapt the intelligence layer without reworking the streaming foundation underneath.

Wowza Video Intelligence Framework is generally available beginning April 19, 2026. Wowza will be showcasing the framework at NAB Show 2026 and in dedicated media and customer briefings focused on live video, sports, and streaming innovation.

For more information, visit wowza.com/video-intelligence-framework

PHOENIX—Wowza, a provider of real-time video streaming technology, has named Jon Corley its chief innovation officer.

Corley, most recently the senior vice president of product and platform engineering at Internet Tool & Die Co., joins Wowza as it advances its artificial intelligence-driven streaming capabilities, the company said.

Corley will be tasked with overseeing Wowza’s technology vision, engineering road map and product innovation strategy, the company said, driving the integration of AI across its streaming platform. He’ll be focused on enabling more intelligent and dynamic streaming experiences, Wowza said, helping developers evolve from traditional video-delivery models to automated, AI-fueled media pipelines designed for adaptability and scalability in real time.

Prior to Internet Tool & Die, Corley held several senior leadership roles at Comcast Technology Solutions, where he was vice president of product development engineering and vice president of content delivery network, advancing large-scale media delivery systems for the cable operator’s tech unit.

Before Comcast, he served as chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering at streaming technology firm Brightcove, where he led global engineering teams building scalable digital platforms, Wowza said.

Remote content delivery specialist Swift is partnering with video streaming infrastructure provider Wowza to bring high-quality streaming to bandwidth-constrained, infrastructure-limited locales around the globe.

From Australian mining camps and offshore oil rigs to care homes for the elderly and defense installations, Swift is now able to provide content delivery to places previously unreachable. Using the Wowza Streaming Engine at the heart of its platform, Swift has developed a highly resilient, edge-powered architecture that enables live and on-demand video streaming, even in places with less than 1 Mbps of bandwidth and no on-site IT support.

“If a site has power, we can get them content,” said Swift Networks chief operating officer Aidan Sommerville.

Operating in harsh, remote and sensitive environments, Swift needed a platform that could deliver critical video services with minimal latency, zero downtime and no reliance on the public internet. Traditional streaming platforms simply couldn’t handle the job.

Swift deployed more than 150 localized Wowza Streaming Engine instances directly on-site, creating a distributed, edge-based CDN across Australia and beyond. This enables predictive content pre-caching, adaptive bitrate delivery and hybrid streaming incorporating DVB-T networks, allowing content to reach thousands of concurrent users, even during peak loads.

The solution also leverages custom set-top boxes built for ease of use, one-touch broadcasting for non-technical staff to live stream messages and a fully managed ISO 27001-certified infrastructure.

The Swift platform offers more than entertainment. In partnership with Beyond Blue, it delivers integrated mental health resources directly to remote users, supporting well-being in high-stress environments. In elder care, the system offers chapel services, live family broadcasts and simplified interfaces to improve connection and reduce agitation.

Working with Chevron, Shell and other major operators, Swift adapted its platform for offshore use, optimizing for satellite connectivity and extreme redundancy. Pre-deployment labs simulate vessel conditions, ensuring reliable performance at sea.

More information is available on the Swift and Wowza websites.

DENVER—Wowza has announced that Wowza Streaming Engine, its highly flexible, on-prem video streaming solution, is now compatible with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) VT1 instances from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is available in AWS Marketplace. 

The move will strengthen Wowza’s ongoing efforts to promote faster and greener streams.

Wowza announced their collaboration with AMD in 2023 involving Wowza Streaming Engine and AMD’s Xilinx Alveo U30 accelerator card, resulting in highly efficient transcoding for low-latency and large-scale video streams. 

That same card now powers Amazon EC2 VT1 instances, which are designed to accelerate real time video transcoding and deliver low-cost transcoding for live video streams. Now Wowza Streaming Engine is compatible with these Amazon EC2 VT1 instances.

“Collaboration powers innovation,” says Dave Stubenvoll, CEO of Wowza. “What we’re seeing here is next level streaming technology resulting from the combined efforts of major industry players, namely AWS, AMD, and Wowza.”

In announcing the compatibility, Wowza noted that efficiency is paramount for many organizations looking to process large volumes of streams and that reduced server load can lead to lower carbon footprints and lower costs for companies that need scalability on a budget. It can also increase stream reliability as servers are at a lower risk of being overloaded. Finally, even organizations that already operate at high demand need to consider how that demand might continue to grow.

By working with AMD and AWS, Wowza said that it is addressing those needs. Through high-density transcoding, customers will enjoy scalable low-latency streams without sacrificing quality. They can also save costs not only through reduced server demands, but also thanks to the price performance offered by Amazon EC2 VT1 instances, Wowza reported. 

“Organizations with high processing demands are feeling the pressure relative to sustainability – not only when it comes to the environment, but also when it comes to the sustainability of their infrastructure as their transcoding needs increase over time,” says Ashique Anwar, chief product officer at Wowza. “With Wowza Streaming Engine and the Alveo U30 on Amazon EC2 VT1, we can take a lot of that pressure off via better performance, healthier CPU usage, and considerable cost savings.”

More information about the Wowza Streaming Engine on Amazon EC2 VT1 instances is available at the AWS Marketplace. 

NANJING, China, and DENVER—Magewell has partnered with Wowza to integrate Magewell's Ultra Encode AIO live media encoders with the Wowza's platform to enable seamless and easy-to-deploy streaming workflows from encoding to delivery via Wowza's global content delivery network (CDN), Magewell said.

Supporting multiple encoding formats and delivery protocols, Ultra Encode AIO offers a robust, affordable encoding solution for applications ranging from live streaming and remote contribution to IP-based production. The PoE device encodes video up to 1080p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps. It also can encode one live input source or mix its HDMI and SDI inputs into a combined output, the company said.

Wowza Video is a comprehensive, integrated video platform designed for business-critical applications. A dependable, scalable and simple-to-use streaming solution, it provides the core capabilities of broadcast media servers without the cost and engineering requirements of typical broadcast deployments, it said.

The integration adds Wowza Video to Ultra Encode AIO's output presets, enabling users to bring content seamlessly from the encoder into the Wowza ecosystem without manual configuration, the company said.

Wowza Video subscribers can specify their Wowza access token within Ultra Encode AIO for automatic authentication and then stream to the platform using the RTMP or SRT protocol. 

While the integration speeds up the workflow, it also enables users to customize settings to their unique needs and environment. Ultra Encode AIO, streaming can be triggered manually or scheduled, enabling automated, hands-off deployments, it said.

Wowza Video integration is a standard feature of new Ultra Encode AIO units and is available to existing Ultra Encode AIO customers as part of a free firmware upgrade.

More information is available on the Magewell and Wowza websites.

DENVER, Colo.—Hoping to build on the company’s recent growth, Wowza has announced three new executive hires to expand its leadership team. 

The new hires include the addition of Michael Phillippi as chief technology officer (CTO), Mark Lockwood as chief revenue officer (CRO) and Matt Thompson as vice president of marketing. In early 2022 Wowza’s hired Erin Sawyer as chief financial officer.

Phillippi joins Wowza as CTO with more than 25 years of SaaS and infrastructure technology leadership experience. He will lead Wowza’s global engineering, having previously served as CTO of Canto and VP of Technology at Lyxt, Inc. 

Lockwood, who brings more than 15 years of SaaS experience from ID.me and Logi Analytics, will oversee sales, marketing and customer success divisions as Wowza’s CRO. 

Sawyer brings more than 15 years of strategic finance and accounting experience to Wowza as CFO, having previously served in senior finance roles at Emburse, Vertafore and Lexis Nexis. 

Thompson will lead demand generation and marketing strategy as VP of Marketing, and joins Wowza from Soprano Design and AT&T. 

The company noted that the expansion of the leadership team comes at a time of rapid growth for Wowza, which offers a live and video on demand (VOD) platform for more than 6,000 customers globally. In the past two years, the company has seen more than 50% compounded cloud annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth. 

Wowza's high-availability video platform is currently used by such clients as NASA, SONY, Facebook, Jewelry TV, University of Oregon and thousands more globally.

Clearhaven Partners, a Boston-based software focused private equity investment firm, has supported Wowza in continued product and company investment since the firm’s initial investment in 2021.

“Wowza is a known innovator and pioneer in video. We believe that innovation is defined in many ways, not only in technology but also in the operational excellence to serve our customers and market,” said Dave Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder of Wowza. “I’m thrilled to welcome Michael, Mark and Matt to our leadership team as well as Erin who joined earlier this year. The talent and experience of our expanded team reflects Wowza’s continued commitment to growth and innovation, and to the upholding standards of excellence in all that we do.”

LAKEWOOD, Colo.—Wowza Media Systems has announced the launch of Wowza Video, an integrated video platform for building business-critical applications. 

Wowza Video delivers a single, seamless platform with a full suite of new and enhanced functionality to power live streaming and video on demand (VOD) for organizations looking to enhance their products and services with video. 

“The release of Wowza Video exemplifies our transformation from self-service streaming components to full-service video solutions,” said David Stubenvoll, co-founder and CEO of Wowza. “We’ve always been an innovator in video and this investment into cloud-based SaaS technology was driven by a commitment to being the partner organizations scale with. For that reason, the new functionality released today was directly informed by customer feedback.”

“Wowza is a preferred partner that we’ve relied on to power our video technologies for over a decade, and we’re excited about the new capabilities they’re bringing to market with Wowza Video,” said Patrick Freeman, digital media systems administrator at Jewelry Television. “The user interface and new stream monitoring pages are very nice, very clean. And for someone who wants to do live streaming plus their own front end for a video offering, the API is strong and makes total sense. We look forward to using it.”

Key features include: 

• VOD and Live Streaming: The solution combines Wowza’s 15-year track record as a live streaming pioneer with powerful VOD capabilities to power any business use case with cloud-based transcoding, packaging, delivery, and playback.
• Video Content Management System (CMS): The new video CMS enables content distributors to easily store and manage video assets while improving searchability for end users.   
• Content Delivery Network (CDN): Wowza Video’s built-in CDN ensures smooth content delivery across the globe and auto-scaling to audiences of any size. 
• Robust HTML Video Player: The platform’s brandable player supports playback in any environment and includes advanced features for ad insertion, security, low latency and more.  
• Real-Time Analytics: With Wowza Video’s analytics feature, publishers gain insight into stream health, viewer data and platform performance. The simple-to-use interface provides visibility across the entire workflow to inform data-driven decisions. 
• Comprehensive APIs: Wowza’s builder-focused solution includes API coverage across encoding, transcoding, CMS and playback to support everything from quickly getting started to developing advanced video applications. 
• Enhanced User Experience (UX): Wowza Video introduces an intuitive UX to simplify navigation across the platform and improve ease of use.

“Online video has always been plagued by complicated, multi-vendor workflows and rigid technologies that don’t adapt to business needs,” explained Jon Duncan, vice president of product at Wowza. “Wowza Video brings our customers a single-provider solution for all their video technology requirements — boosted by the scalability and reliability that comes standard at Wowza.”

For more information about Wowza Video, visit wowza.com/video.

SAN ANTONIO—New year, new gear from NewTek, with help from Wowza Meida Systems, as the companies announced the launch of the MediaDS distribution platform. This real-time encoding and live streaming video delivery system is a hardware and software solution merging NewTek’s live production technology with Wowza streaming software in a 1RU footprint.

The MediaDS system is designed to enable users to launch multi-channel content networks from production sites and deliver live video streams directly to viewers. It can also create a virtual CDN or edge network by connecting multiple MediaDS together through either a local area network or over IP. The system has the ability to host all required content, including web pages, and channel configuration.

Additional features of the MediaDS include support for external streaming to Facebook Live, Microsoft Azure, YouTube, Wowza CDN, Wowza Streaming Cloud and custom RTMP configurations; integrated NDI technology to support live input and output over IP; NewTek real-time video and audio production tools; and four SDI inputs supporting up to 3G 1080p.

The MediaDS is now available at a starting price of $11,995. 

AMSTERDAM—IBC 2016 is bringing companies together, or at least NewTek and Wowza Media Systems, as the two have announced a collaboration on the MDS media encoding and live streaming video delivery platform. A fully integrated hardware and software system, the MDS merges NewTek’s live production technology with Wowza’s streaming software in a 1RU footprint.

Equipped for existing and emerging SDI, IP and hybrid workflows, the MDS delivers processing of up to four channels of video. Streaming sources are acquired through direct, physical input using 3G/HD/SD-SDI hardware connections, over IP via NewTek’s Network Device Interface technology and other sources, including TCP/IP, webcams and USB capture devices. With local input sources also translated to NDI within the system, streaming sources can be delivered and deployed through multiple MDX to maximize resources, performance and delivery potential.

The MDS can deliver production, presentations or live events on mobile devices, desktop or OTT devices by supporting delivery to Wowza Cloud, Wowza CDN and Wowza Player, or alternative workflows. Support for all common CDNs is provided with out-of-the-box support for Facebook, Microsoft, Azure, Wowza, YouTube, and custom RTMP.

Additional features for the MDS include the ability to connect two MDS units together through a local area network or remotely to deliver content between locations. MDS also offers customizable web pages for each of the four available streaming channels, with HTML and CSS editing support.

NewTek and Wowza will offer the MDS starting the fourth quarter of 2016 at a retail price of $11,995.