Swisscom-owned Italian service provider Fastweb has tapped tech companies Cisco and Qwilt to bring their joint CDN solution, based on Open Caching, to the Italian market. The solution will enable Fastweb to rapidly increase network performance, support rising data volumes, and enhance streaming experiences for all its residential and business customers across Italy. Qwilt’s Open […]
CDN technology specialist G-Core Labs has launched three new points of CDN presence in CIS countries. The international cloud and edge solution provider has opened new CDN points in the capitals of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Yerevan and Baku, and launched an extra CDN cluster in Kazan in Russia. It says that the point of presence […]
CDN technology specialist Broadpeak has launched a new software-based CDN benchmarking tool in collaboration with Intel. Using Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), along with Intel Network Builders’ secure DevCloud environment, Broadpeak said that its CDN benchmarking tool simulates realistic video player behaviours and supports the latest protocols. The tool provides […]
Streaming traffic for the 2018 World Cup has already far surpassed the football tournament’s previous installment in 2014, according to content delivery network (CDN) provider Akamai. The company said that it took 10 days for the Russia World Cup to surpass the Brazil World Cup’s streaming record, and that it streamed 65% more data by the […]
Edgeware has integrated ContentArmor’s forensic watermarking solution into its TV CDN technology. The content delivery network specialist will demonstrate the watermarking solution – which can be deployed in IPTV and OTT services – for the first time at IBC this week. The new capability uses ContentArmor’s bitstream-based watermarking system – a technology that inserts information […]
Broadpeak will demonstrate its latest CDN, cloud PVR and video streaming innovations at ANGA COM 2017. It will demo several new capabilities of its nanoCDN multicast ABR technology. nanoCDN multicast ABR makes scalable live HTTP video delivery to any device possible by turning broadband gateways, cable modems, WiFi routers, or set-top boxes (STBs) into active […]
Sky is tapping Nokia to provide its Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver high-speed video and data services for its UK customers. Nokia said the deployment is currently serving Sky On Demand. However Sky and Nokia are jointly working to expand the Velocix solution to support Sky Go and Now TV services for live […]
Eutelsat has partnered with CDN provider Broadpeak to offer satellite delivery of live TV and VOD to mobile devices. Eutelsat is targeting content providers with the satellite-based solution, called SmartBeam, which will use Broadpeak’s nanoCDN product as the underlying streaming technology. Russian pay TV operator, Tricolor TV, is the first named partners for the service, […]
Media services company Arkena has agreed a partnership deal with content delivery network (CDN) services firm Akamai. The agreement is designed to accelerate rollout of advanced media services worldwide and is part of Akamai’s NetAlliance Programme. The deal will see Arkena combine its live and on-demand media management services with the scale and reach of […]
CDN and video streaming services provider, Broadpeak, will showcase a range of solutions for the cable, IPTV, OTT, hybrid TV, and mobile markets at ANGA COM. Broadpeak will showcase version 1.3 of its nanoCDN technology, which is designed to let operators cost-effectively deliver live 4K content. It will also launch of version 2.3 of its […]
