Behind closed doors at IBC 2025, a watershed moment was taking place in the tug-of-war between broadcast and streaming. During an exclusive breakfast event at the Amsterdam tradeshow, the Ultra HD Forum announced plans to merge with the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA)—bringing together two technical video associations that on paper should be incompatible, not interoperable. Yet the UHD Forum’s traditional broadcast wings have been clipped in recent years, as its members—OEMs, software vendors, R&D institutes, and their customers—have moved beyond defining UHD guidelines and onto the next best thing in video. For most, that is livestreaming, which is why the SVTA is a fitting home for the UHD Forum to be eased into retirement. The merger marks an acceptance…