Rayburn, Dan

Dan Rayburn is a 25-year streaming media veteran considered to be one of the foremost authorities, speakers, and writers on streaming media technology and OTT business models. An avid blogger, author, consultant, and principal analyst, he is referred to by many as the voice of the industry, having been quoted more than 2,000 times by the media, with regular TV appearances on CNBC, TD Ameritrade Network, Bloomberg TV, and NPR amongst others. 

Due to his expertise, he has also received invitations to speak as a witness at hearings by both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on topics pertaining to net neutrality, telecom mergers, and content delivery architectures. 

Dan is the Conference Chairman for the NAB Show Streaming Summit, and his streamingmediablog.com is one of the most widely read sites for broadcasters, content owners, OTT providers, Wall Street money managers, and industry executives. Has presented at more than two hundred conferences, authored/co-authored eight books, and lectured at NYU. Dan founded one of the industry's first live webcasting production companies in the mid-nineties, which was sold to a telecom provider in the dot-com era.