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SCTE Sustainablity Award 2026 Mainstreaming SPA
“Beyond infrastructure, MainStreaming is certified carbon neutral, offsetting emissions for every customer through verified projects tied to UN Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2022, we’ve offset 603 tonnes of CO 2 . As a founding member of the Greening of Streaming Initiative, we’re also committed to advancing sustainability standards across the wider industry, not just within our own operations. “For MainStreaming, this award is a testament that our approach is delivering measurable results in an industry that urgently needs them. It’s confirmation that broadcasters and OTT platforms no longer have to choose between scale, quality, and environmental responsibility. We see it as a benchmark to build on, and an invitation to the rest of the industry to rethink what responsible, future-ready streaming infrastructure looks like.”
“At the core of this is our Intelligent Media Delivery Platform®, powered by an edge video delivery network purpose-built on energy-efficient hardware, optimised software, and advanced edge architecture designed for a greener future. “By replacing multi-layer CDN architecture with a single-layer caching model and a one-hop network, we cut unnecessary data travel and processing, reducing energy consumption by up to 50% while improving Quality of Experience - proving that performance and sustainability are not trade-offs. That efficiency runs through the full technology stack. Working with Intel, we deploy CPUs optimised specifically for video workloads, cutting power draw at both peak and idle, with software that dynamically manages consumption in real time.
“For MainStreaming, winning the SCTE Sustainability Award is a meaningful milestone on a journey we’ve been on since day one: proving that streaming can grow without costing the planet,” said Paul Martin, SVP Business Operations. “Streaming now accounts for up to 3–4% of global carbon emissions, and as consumption keeps growing, the traditional layered, energy-intensive CDN model is no longer sustainable, technically or environmentally.
SCTE Honorary Fellow 2026 Herman Grooten HFSCTE
In 2003 Grooten formed with Verbree and several others the SCTE Benelux Group.
telecommunications at the Dutch Ministry of Defence and PTT, the Dutch telecom provider at that time. He established a cable company in Gouda, The Netherlands: Gouda Cable. Later on, Gouda Cable became the sole provider in the region, going by the name of Rekam. Grooten retired in 2013 as managing director of Rekam. In 1993 Grooten joined the SCTE as a member at the suggestion of his good friend Aart Verbree, managing director of Caiway. With Verbree he discussed lots of technical issues to find technical solutions in the growing cable networks of the Netherlands.
Since then he took care of the finances with regard to the activities of the Benelux Group. Moreover, he kept in close touch with the SCTE in the UK. Good relationships between telecom engineers and the cable industry can benefit the exchange of new and invigorating ideas. As an Honorary Fellow, Grooten would like to continue his activities for the Benelux Group and in particular stimulate the relationship amongst engineers.
Herman Grooten (77) was very honoured to be awarded with the SCTE Honorary Fellow Award 2026 during the SCTE dinner in London in June. Grooten joined the cable industry in 1977, after a study in Telecommunications at Eindhoven University and a short career in
Grooten and Verbree made good use of the SCTE publications to this end.
Volume 48 No.23 SEPTEMBER 2026
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