Tag: Akamai

Lumen Announces Sale of Select CDN Customer Contracts to Akamai

OTTVerse | Oct 11, 2023 |

Lumen Technologies has sold select CDN service contracts to Akamai. Lumen will focus on cloudifying their network and Quantum Fiber services while customers transition to Akamai for 90 days. After that, Lumen will no longer offer CDN services.Lumen Technologies has sold select CDN service contracts to Akamai. Lumen will focus on cloudifying their network and Quantum Fiber services while customers transition to Akamai for 90 days. After that, Lumen will no longer offer CDN services.

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The 2023 Streaming Media 100: the Top 100 Companies in the Streaming Media Universe

Streamingmedia | Oct 6, 2023 |

This year’s Streaming Media 100 list honors the leading tech and media companies in the streaming world. The list includes top providers like Netflix, Warner Bros., Discovery, Apple, Amazon, Disney, and Paramount, as well as innovative smaller companies. It recognizes leaders from Akamai, Amagi, AMD, Applicaster, and Backlight.This year’s Streaming Media 100 list honors the leading tech and media companies in the streaming world. The list includes top providers like Netflix, Warner Bros., Discovery, Apple, Amazon, Disney, and Paramount, as well as innovative smaller companies. It recognizes leaders from Akamai, Amagi, AMD, Applicaster, and Backlight.

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Unlocking the Highest Quality of Experience with Common-Media-Client-Data (Cmcd) – what is it and what Are the Benefits

Bitmovin | Sep 14, 2023 | ,

> CMCD is an open-spec developed to bridge the gap between client and CDN for better QoE insight. It helps manage bandwidth, troubleshoot errors, reduce rebuffering, and improve streaming performance for viewers. Akamai and Bitmovin have adopted this approach.> CMCD is an open-spec developed to bridge the gap between client and CDN for better QoE insight. It helps manage bandwidth, troubleshoot errors, reduce rebuffering, and improve streaming performance for viewers. Akamai and Bitmovin have adopted this approach.

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Microsoft to Shut Down Azure Media Services Next Year, Exit the Video Workflow Business

Jul 8, 2023 |

Microsoft is shutting down Azure Media Services June 30 2024 and abandoning video workflow business. This was expected since their CTO was let go last year, and various media service pages had broken links and images not updated. They are recommending customers to switch to Harmonic, MediaKind, Bitmovin and Ravenur whilst Edgio is left as the only CDN partner. It is beneficial for them to cut products not related to their core strengths.

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Challenges of Multi-CDN

LinkedIn | Jul 28, 2021 |

Short answer – its difficult to manage, maintain and operate + customers love Akamai In such cases, while implementing a multi-cdn approach, one has to adhere to an option of manually maintaining copies as one can not...

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