How apt that a new video industry forum called the Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) should be announced just hours after the death of Italian media mogul Silvio Berlusconi. Political views aside, Berlusconi invested substantial sums into the vision of a pan-European OTT video collective to help traditional media organizations survive the streaming wars. The project did not exactly pan out as planned, but by the same token was not a complete failure either. You can read more about this in a separate story published this week, while here we look at whether another new streaming collective is destined for longevity or futility. With the ISA effectively an advertising group focused on free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services, it does raise…