Finding Belonging in the Streaming Industry
The ‘Other’ Box I’m not sure if I will ever truly choose one identity in my life. I’m a woman of both Latin and Asian origin, who spent the first ten years of my life…
SVTA Raising our voices
SVTA Raising Our Voices: A Blog Series Of Real Stories About Diversity In The Streaming Industry
In this blog series, SVTA member company employees share their personal experiences with diversity in the streaming industry. Are you an employee of a member company and want to contribute your story? Contact us today!
The Importance of Diverse Voices In Technology Development
Lots of people are talking about DEI and programs designed to improve diversity and inclusion. And while some may argue that skill, rather than culture, skin color, or gender, should be the defining trait to…
IWD 2024: How Qwilt is Inspiring Inclusion in Ways You Can Too
This Friday (March 8th) marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a day when people and organizations worldwide reflect on the progress made towards gender equality and the work that still needs to be done. As a…
Learning How To Be A Powerful Woman In Tech
An empowered woman starts inside the mind and heart. In my experience, many of the powerful women that I meet don’t know the extent of their gifting and talents. Regardless of your journey or where…
What Can I Do to Foster Diversity?
My name is Atika Boulgaz, and I am EVP Global Communication at Viaccess-Orca (VO), managing marketing communication activities as well as corporate and internal communication for the company. I’m working with a skillful team of…
About the Streaming Video Technology Alliance
Comprised of members from across the video ecosystem, the Streaming Video Technology Alliance is a global association that works to solve critical streaming video challenges in an effort to improve end-user experience and adoption. The organization focuses on three main activities: first is to educate the industry on challenges, technologies, and trends through informative, publicly-available resources such as whitepapers, articles, and e-books; second is to foster collaboration among different video ecosystem players through working groups, quarterly meetings, and conferences; third is to define solutions for streaming video challenges by producing specifications, best practices, and other technical documentation. For more information, please visit www.svta.org.
Although progress has been made, there are still big strides needed to move forward, to get the global distribution of African and Black stories alongside Western stories, to ensure underrepresented creators, to ensure all voices are heard.
