The media technology industry is riding a wave of transformation, driven in large part by the increasing adoption of open source software. From video encoding to cloud orchestration, open source initiatives are dismantling proprietary silos, challenging incumbents, and accelerating the commoditization of core technologies. What started as a niche alternative has rapidly matured into the backbone of much of today’s media workflows, bringing both opportunity and disruption. This is evidenced in our two separate stories this week on GPAC and Synamedia. Open source software offers media companies access to high-quality, community-driven tools without the steep licensing fees that typically accompany proprietary options. Projects like FFmpeg, for instance, have become indispensable for video encoding and transcoding workflows, enabling even the smallest…