As we wrap up the penultimate issue of Faultline for 2024, predictions for 2025 are rolling in from expert voices across the video technology ecosystem. Synamedia is usually one of the first to weigh in, while Friend MTS has joined the crystal balling exercise—capitalizing on the end-of-year buzz around anti-piracy (following a certain high-profile takedown) with a series of prophecies. As always, Faultline does not agree wholeheartedly with all of them, while some are less predictions and more wishful thinking. “Social media’s gap” Marc Baillavoine, CTO of Synamedia’s Video Network unit, has hinted that “traditional players” like Synamedia will explore new video formats cut from the cloth of short-form social media content, while less traditional players in the video streaming…