Jason Thibeault

Dallas

Executive Director, Streaming Video Alliance and Contributor at Freelance

Contributing Editor at Streaming Media

Jason Thibeault is Exec Dir @ the Streaming Video Alliance | co-founder of Datazoom | Author (https://t.co/QQoxHW2YGY) | Speaker | Entrepreneur

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Articles

Innovation vs. Optimization in Streaming Delivery

2 weeks ago | streamingmedia.com | Jason Thibeault

Since streaming began in the late 1990s, there has been a need for innovation. That’s because it was really a revolutionary re-imagining of traditional television delivery. The entire TV technology stack, from encoder to playback, had to be built with technologies suitable for delivery through the internet. This, in turn, caused innovations in core technologies, like HTTP, to better support delivering video.
Innovation vs. optimisation in streaming delivery

2 weeks ago | streamingmediaglobal.com | Jason Thibeault

Since streaming began in the late 1990s, there has been a need for innovation. That’s because it was really a revolutionary re-imagining of traditional television delivery. The entire TV technology stack, from encoder to playback, had to be built with technologies suitable for delivery through the internet. This, in turn, caused innovations in core technologies, like HTTP, to better support delivering video.
A Glimpse at the Future (I’m not buying yet)

1 month ago | eminfo.com | Jason Thibeault

Operator is an AI tool which actually clicks, scrolls, types, and navigates the web like a digital assistant with initiative. Sounds like my sort of sci-fi? Maybe also like a horror film as you watch your cursor move on its own. It’s an agentic AI system, which basically means it can do things. It can use web apps, fill out forms, search sites, and help automate workflows. For independent recruiters and small teams, that could mean serious efficiency gains.
What Is My Civic Duty?

1 month ago | medium.com | Jason Thibeault

Exploring Our Responsibility to the World Around UsHumans will naturally gravitate to living with other humans. That’s because humans are, at their core, social animals. We like being with each other. But when you put highly intelligent animals together, who are capable of imagining how the world should exist around them, you end up with complicated groups. With societies. With civilizations.
Why I Don’t Use AI to Write

Feb 11, 2025 | medium.com | Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault·Follow5 min read·--Robot writing somethingI’ve always been a writer. I wrote my first novel in high school (220 pages of absolute garbage; yes, I still have a copy; no, you can’t see it), I went to college studying to be a novelist (where I wrote my second novel that I actually published, eventually).
Navigating Highs and Lows in Recruiting

Feb 10, 2025 | eminfo.com | Jason Thibeault

Managing Expectations During Ups and Downs In the rollercoaster world of recruiting, experiencing peaks and troughs is part of the journey. One moment, everything aligns perfectly – candidates are a perfect fit, clients are satisfied, and your network is thriving. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, you hit a slump. Maybe it’s a shift in the economy. Or a pandemic. Maybe your industry just had a marvelous technological revolution – it doesn’t matter how.
Why Ads Are Good for Streaming

Jan 21, 2025 | streamingmedia.com | Jason Thibeault

This may be a bit contentious to say, but I think ads are a necessary part of the television experience. First, let’s put this to bed: whether you are streaming or watching OTA or through a cable provider, it’s all television. And ever since the mid-’50s, when the installed base of TV sets reached critical mass in American homes, television’s business model hasn’t been based on selling sets. It’s based on selling advertising. But advertising revenue isn’t just for the network owners.
The Fiction and Poetry of Jason Thibeault

Jan 5, 2025 | escritorum.com | Jason Thibeault

No one wants to wake up in a hospital. Whether you nodded off in a waiting room or are tucked into a hospital bed by a few thin blankets, the shock of waking in such a place, a land of sterile lights and medicinal smells, of bad coffee and worse food, of broken promises and unfulfilled hope, is jarring to the soul. And that’s how Ahmed woke: with a sudden gasp, as if he’d felt the long, skeletal fingers of the Grim Reaper brush against his cheek. But it was only some woman. Maybe a doctor? A nurse?
Breaking Free from Self-Imposed Limitations in Recruiting

Nov 5, 2024 | eminfo.com | Jason Thibeault

The Power of Self-Narrative In the world of recruiting, the stories we tell ourselves can either propel us forward or hold us back. Many recruiters, without even realizing it, handcuff themselves with narratives of limitation. "I'm not good enough," "I can't compete with the big firms," "I'll never understand this industry like others do." Sound familiar? This mindset is what separates the truly great recruiters from those who merely get by.
What’s The REAL Difference Between Republicans and Democrats?

Nov 4, 2024 | medium.com | Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault·Follow4 min read·--On the eve of a momentous election in the United States, I felt like I needed to write this although I’ve come to this conclusion quite some time ago. And just so we don’t misunderstand each other, if you are expecting some deep analysis and insight, supported by lots of data and maybe even some hyperbole, sorry to disappoint.