It’s time to add “broadcast internet” to your broadband glossary if you haven’t added it already, as news this week from two companies involved in the emerging technology – Auton and Anywave – illustrates. Telecompetitor talked to Vern Fotheringham, chairman…
MONROE, La., Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — As web applications become increasingly important to enabling strong digital user experiences, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is launching a new content delivery network (CDN) platform that allows businesses to create highly responsive and more secure personalized web…
CenturyLink said today that it has acquired Streamroot, a provider of peer-to-peer, also known as mesh, content delivery technology. The carrier, which already uses Streamroot technology, said the acquisition should help “improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained…
MONROE, La., Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Global technology leader CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has acquired privately held Streamroot Inc., a leading provider of disruptive technology, to improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained areas. The acquisition represents another step in CenturyLink’s commitment…
Akamai found global increases but U.S. decreases in broadband adoption rates between the first and second quarter of 2016. South Korea topped Akamai’s 2Q 2016 global ranking of average national Internet connection speeds at 27 Mbps. Norway (20.1 Mbps), Hong…
MONROE, La., Sept. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that Highwinds, a global content delivery network (CDN) provider, has chosen CenturyLink to help the company continue optimizing its global content delivery platform. Businesses worldwide depend on…
Yahoo went to great lengths to assure that the more than 15 million unique viewers in 185 countries who watched the first live, free, worldwide Web streaming of a regular-season NFL football game on October 25 experienced video quality better…
September 10, 2015 — DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast Wholesale, a leading provider of broadcast and digital content distribution services, announced the launch of its Live Linear Streaming service today. The new platform combines traditional and online video streaming workflows into a turnkey…
As OTT distribution of video continues to multiply, video and broadband service providers must navigate shifting net neutrality regulations, which are subject to multiple interpretations. Operational strategies like caching, peering, and content delivery networks (CDNs) complicate the net neutrality and…
Online video professionals in North America and Europe prefer to use a variety of devices when consuming media and they’re “equally concerned with pricing in CDN (content-delivery networks) service models as with the need to maintain multi-screen delivery to existing…
Content Delivery Network (CDN) revenue will increase 19 percent to reach $3.36 billion in 2014, fueled by the growing pace of “linear broadcast, media and entertainment’s transition into virtual paradigms,” according to a CDN revenue forecast from Accustream Research. The…
Springfield, IL – June 5, 2013 — Today ANPI announced a partnership with Western Independent Networks, Inc. (WIN) of Tualatin, Oregon that is designed to bring together the fiber network resources of WIN with the product and service resources of…
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