Max Wilbert

Pacific Northwest

Community Organizer 🌎 Author of the Biocentric newsletter and "Bright Green Lies” book 📚 🗞️ Co-founder of #ProtectThackerPass 🏔️ Youth Wilderness Guide 🧭

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Articles

Server-Side Ad Insertion: Avoiding Ad Blockers for Video Monetization

1 week ago | dacast.com | Max Wilbert

In the video streaming industry, video monetization is an important tool. There are three main monetization methods but due to the increasing use of ad-blockers, revenue from ad-based monetization is taking a hit. A server-side ad insertion is a tool that professional broadcasters use to work around ad-blockers to keep their ad-revenue at its maximum potential. In this post, we’ll look at what server-side ad insertion is and how it works. We’ll discuss how to use server-side ad insertion on Dacast.
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Format - The Pros, Cons and How it Works

2 weeks ago | dacast.com | Max Wilbert

This blog focuses on HLS, or HTTP live streaming, which is one of the most popular protocols used to stream video today. HLS format is an adaptive bitrate live-streaming video protocol. Originally developed by Apple for use on iOS, Mac OS, and Apple TV devices, HLS streaming has become the most widely used live video protocol. As of 2025, HLS powers over 70% of internet-based video delivery due to its adaptive bitrate, device compatibility, and improved latency via LL-HLS.
TRT Global - North America’s largest lithium mine is key to EV transition. Why are environmentalists opposing it?

1 month ago | trt.global | Max Wilbert

Max Wilbert, a 36-year-old environmental activist, says he cannot set foot anywhere near Thacker Pass, the site of one of the world’s largest lithium mines being developed in the northern part of the US state of Nevada.
Video Streaming Content Delivery - What to Look for in a CDN in 2025

2 months ago | dacast.com | Max Wilbert

Creating a positive viewer experience is very important in professional online video broadcasting. Businesses need to deliver an enjoyable viewing experience for their investment in video to be effective. When people watch a poor-quality stream, they get upset before they even know it. Investing in professional cameras, microphones, lighting equipment, and encoder are some answers to this issue, but they require some additional support.
New Bill to Recognize Legal Rights of All Water Bodies in New York State

2 months ago | maxwilbert.substack.com | Max Wilbert

In New York State, a new rights of nature bill focused on water was introduced into the State Assembly on Wednesday. The bill was drafted by my new colleagues at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. I’m not optimistic about the state as a pathway towards change; my faith bends towards grassroots people, as well as grass and roots themselves.
Cloud Transcoding: What It Is and Why It's Important in 2025

2 months ago | dacast.com | Max Wilbert |Jon Whitehead |Emily Krings

The quality of online video streaming plays a massive role in the viewer experience. When streaming quality is compromised, OTT (Over-The-Top) platforms face potential revenue losses of up to 25%. To address this, cloud video encoding and cloud transcoding have emerged as critical processes for broadcasters aiming to deliver high-quality streams efficiently. Cloud transcoding, in particular, is a newer technology that streamlines this process for broadcasters.
How to Optimize for HTML5 Video Streaming & HTML5 Video Tag

2 months ago | dacast.com | Jon Whitehead |Kevin Graham |Max Wilbert |Emily Krings

HTML5 adaptive streaming is the new standard in high-quality video playback today. You’ve likely heard of HTML5 video streaming and are curious about what it is and what it means. In a nutshell, HTML5 video streaming allows for the manipulation of multimedia content using <audio> and <video> HTML tags. The latter creates a native HTML5 video player with additional customization options for displaying video content. Don’t let the technicality scare you.
How to Make Money Streaming: 14 Ways to Generate Revenue from Online Video in 2025

Mar 4, 2025 | dacast.com | Max Wilbert |Jon Whitehead

Online video streaming is becoming the most popular way of delivering content, giving broadcasters various opportunities for live stream monetization. Also, many businesses are tapping into the medium as a revenue source and are looking to generate income from video streaming to cover production costs. In this post, we’ll discuss how to make money from streaming content and cover the basics of earning through live broadcasts.
Action 101: Anatomy of a Campaign

Feb 21, 2025 | maxwilbert.substack.com | Max Wilbert

We live in dire times. As the pace of social and ecological collapse accelerates, movements for justice need the best available tools. This is the first in a series of resources I am publishing here on action, organizing, tactics, and strategy. For more on this topic, subscribe to get the rest of the posts in this series, and check out prior posts in the “training and resources” category.
Are We Doomed?

Feb 16, 2025 | maxwilbert.substack.com | Max Wilbert |Chris Hedges

Welcome to Biocentric, a newsletter about sustainability, overshoot, greenwashing, and resistance.It’s written byme,Max Wilbert, the co-author of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It and co-founder of Protect Thacker Pass. If you want to follow, you can subscribe for free.