Five years ago this week… The virtual NAB Show Express, powered by Brightcove and Frequency, flopped spectacularly with day-long player errors, poor navigation, and frustrating search functions. Though it attracted 40,000 attendees, the experience fell well short of expectations. NAB’s failure to transition from convention center to online hub exposed the urgent need for a unified virtual platform that truly replicated the networking and discovery of physical tradeshows. BT exits sports: UK operator BT is in advanced talks to offload its 50% stake in TNT Sports to joint venture partner Warner Bros Discovery, potentially ending its decade-long experiment in sports broadcasting. With TNT already absorbing Eurosport UK and BT posting a £187.5m ($251.6m) loss in 2024, the CEO…