Five years ago this week… Shortly after announcing the acquisition of virtual events platform Sherpa Digital Media, Telestream told Faultline the new asset could form the front-end of its live video production technology Wirecast, while Sherpa took the opportunity to expand further into M&E. Telestream sunset the Sherpa Stream video platform in 2025, migrating its customers to AI video experience provider Kaltura, while the company continues to bolster the AI capabilities of its media platform Vantage ahead of IBC 2026. Gracenote builds AI stack around metadata: Gracenote, Nielsen’s metadata business, is expanding its AI roadmap with Video and Sports MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, an entertainment-focused small language model and task-specific AI agents. The Video MCP connects AI models…