A live stream lives or dies on the delivery layer. This category tracks multi-CDN strategy, edge compute, origin caching, HTTP/3 and QUIC, low-latency HLS and DASH, and the performance monitoring tools that catch problems before viewers do.
Netskrt Systems has launched its Netskrt CDN, a content delivery network specifically designed for high-value video payloads such as NFL games, major video-on-demand releases, and anticipated game drops. The CDN focuses exclusively on these demanding content types, prioritizing their delivery quality.
Hydrolix has announced an integration with Mux, allowing streaming video providers to monitor video observability from the origin to the screen. This partnership aims to enhance video monitoring capabilities for their joint customers. The integration combines Hydrolix's data platform with Mux Data's video performance metrics.
JioHotstar details the technical challenges and solutions implemented to scale its infrastructure to support 59 million concurrent streams during the ODI World Cup 2023, following the introduction of a 'Free on Mobile' offering. The solutions involved optimizing CDN usage by segregating cacheable and non-cacheable APIs, managing NAT Gateway and Kubernetes worker node scaling, and fine-tuning Kubernetes CNI settings for IP address allocation. This first part of a series focuses on infrastructure adjustments to handle unprecedented user concurrency.
Nokia and NL-ix have collaborated to deploy Europe's largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP)-based Anti-DDoS solution. This marks the first time an anti-DDoS solution has been deployed by an IXP, establishing an unprecedented collaboration between the two companies.
NagraVision and Blonder Tongue have partnered to offer a secure content distribution solution for hospitality venues across North America. This collaboration aims to provide secure and high-quality video content using Nagra's DRM technology integrated with Blonder Tongue's HLS video platforms. The solution focuses on delivering premium TV channels, live events, and OTT content to hotel rooms and other hospitality spaces.
This article discusses the critical role of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) in ensuring the success of streaming video platforms. It emphasizes that resilience, consistency, and scalability in streaming experiences are dependent on robust CDN infrastructure and engineering.
OMB Sales Manager Rafael Arreaza announced that the company is actively demonstrating its 5G Broadcast transmitter technology live. This initiative aims to expand its presence in the Latin American entertainment market by evolving broadcasting infrastructure.
Hydrolix has announced a partnership with G&L Systemhaus. This collaboration aims to improve the delivery of both live and on-demand media content.
Blonder Tongue has added an IP failover feature to its NXG Video Delivery System. This feature provides redundancy for live IP content streams by automatically switching to a backup source if the primary stream fails. The functionality is designed to ensure continuous and reliable service for content delivery.
Hydrolix published a blog post detailing how their platform can be used for multi-CDN monitoring, citing Paramount as a user of their technology to monitor CDNs and enhance user experience. The article highlights the importance of monitoring multi-CDN environments to maintain high quality of service.
Backblaze compares AWS CloudFront and bunny.net across CDN factors including network footprint (PoPs), caching features, compression, DDoS protection, integrations, and pricing. The article highlights bunny.net features such as Origin Shield, Perma-Cache, and request coalescing, and contrasts CloudFront’s tighter integration with AWS services and optional AWS Shield Advanced. Pricing examples are provided to illustrate differences in per-GB egress costs and request-fee policies, with mention of free egress between bunny.net and Backblaze B2 when paired.
Twitch has developed and deployed "Intelligest," a proprietary ingest routing system designed to intelligently distribute live video streams from edge points of presence (PoPs) to origin data centers. This system replaces HAProxy, aiming to optimize infrastructure resource utilization, improve cost efficiency, and enhance operational availability and extensibility for new streaming capabilities. Intelligest functions with a media proxy at each PoP and a routing service in AWS, leveraging real-time data on compute and network resources.
Curiosity Stream has adopted MASV for managing large file transfers between its production house and global partners, replacing previous complex enterprise systems. The documentary streaming service utilizes MASV Portals and Cloud integrations to facilitate the transfer of assets up to 2 TB, optimizing its post-production workflows. This solution addresses the need for a simplified and reliable file transfer system, especially for partners in remote locations.
