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XITE Music Video Platform Amplifies Entertainment with Akamai’s Help
With so many people around the globe seeking socially distanced fun and solace, at-home entertainment has never been more important. XITE aims to offer the best music video experience in the world ...
What’s Next for Edge Delivery
Access to media through the internet is a huge part of how so many in the world are entertained, informed, and even educated nowadays. And 2020 has shined an even greater light ...
Preparing the Edge for a Big Year in Live Streaming
Next year is shaping up to be a big one for live streaming. Typically characteristic of even years, when many major international sporting events take place, 2021 looks like it could defy ...
What’s New in Edge Delivery
Welcome to day two of the Akamai Platform Update! Today, we're focusing on Akamai's edge delivery products as well as other complimentary products that help drive great digital experiences. The last several ...
CMAF… This is the Way
The debate is over. Common Media Application Format (CMAF) has delivered on its promise: one package to serve them all. Two of the highest profile direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service launches recently made ...
Enhancing video streaming quality for ExoPlayer – Part 1: Quality of User Experience Metrics
The online video player landscape is fragmented with a wide variety of players across a mix of popular platforms. In the world of HTML5-video players in browsers, there are a number of ...
Broadcast Operations Control Center (BOCC): Enabling OTT Broadcast Operations
Simply put, Akamai runs a state-of-the-art Broadcast Operations Control Centre, the BOCC, to help ensure smooth and seamless end-user play-back experience for live OTT (Over the Top) and linear video delivered through ...
Do High Vanity Bitrates Choke Your Live OTT Service Out of the Gate?
Live video isn't a video on demand (VOD) or game download where congestion hiccups may have minimal impact. Congestion at any point in the over-the-top (OTT) distribution chain can ruin the experience ...
Get, Set, Election, Go: Preparing For The 2019 Elections – Chapter Two
What do these trends mean for digital news publishers in India? Definitely, more visitors to the website and mobile apps on the election day. More eyeballs who can be engaged with interesting ...
Packet Pacing Benefits for Midgress Traffic
Akamai's Smooth Delivery Pacing (SDP) made an impression last year by increasing client network performance while simultaneously reducing retransmissions. If you missed the details and want to learn more about SDP, please ...
