12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin
© AI-generated | Fraunhofer FOKUS

Valentijn Siebrands

Streaming Solution Manager

, 

Unified Streaming

Valentijn began his career in broadcasting in 1991, initially working with radio, and later transitioned into content management and online video delivery. At RTL, the leading commercial broadcaster in the Netherlands, he developed innovative live OTT services, building a catch-up service without relying on external CDNs. Also collaborated with Optus in Australia and Vimond in Norway on live streaming solutions. In 2018, joined M2A Media in London, supporting DAZN as a key customer. Now works as a Streaming Solution Manager at Unified Streaming, creating flexible video workflows for global broadcasters and platforms.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    Engage More, Earn More: Technical and Practical Insights into Server-Guided Ad Insertion

    Pieter-Jan Speelmans

    , 

    VP Engineering

    , 

    Dolby OptiView

    Video coding improvements for delivery of low-latency and interactive video services

    Lukasz Litwic

    , 

    Senior Research Manager

    , 

    Ericsson

    Beyond the CDN: Use Cases, Tools, and Learnings from Prototyping with CMCD v2

    Nicolas Levy

    , 

    VP of Technology

    , 

    Qualabs

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Beyond Encryption: Authenticating and Protecting Live Video in a Post-Trust Era

    Valentijn Siebrands

    , 

    Streaming Solution Manager

    , 

    Unified Streaming

    Thasso Griebel

    , 

    Technical Lead of Player Development

    , 

    castLabs

    CMSD + Media Quality Assessment (MQA) metadata: new tools for monitoring and optimizing streaming QOE

    Yuriy Reznik

    , 

    CTO

    , 

    Streaming Labs

    Will Law

    , 

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    , 

    Akamai

    DVB-I prospects, initiatives and findings

    Bram Tullemans

    , 

    Program Manager

    , 

    EBU

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    MoQ Analytics

    Dr. Gwendal Simon

    , 

    Distinguished Architect

    , 

    Synamedia

    How to integrate MoQ into a comprehensive real-time video platform

    Oliver Lietz

    , 

    CEO/Founder

    , 

    nanocosmos

    MOQtail – Made with 100% QUIC. Zero latency. Zero hangover.

    Ali C. Begen

    , 

    Professor

    , 

    Ozyegin University

    Zafer Gurel

    , 

    Software Engineering Director

    , 

    Constructor Tech

    Updates following IETF #122 and work ahead of IETF #123

    Will Law

    , 

    Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group

    , 

    Akamai