Video delivery network solutions are in hot demand as more and more people access high definition video online and across a variety of devices. With the rise of mobile internet and cheap mobile devices, as well as the popularity of services such as Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Hulu, global networks are now required to optimise their data flows for low bandwidth high latency networks more than ever.
India mobile internet use is going from strength to strength. This low income country has historically had low levels of internet use, however the combination of fast growing wages and the availability of cheap mobile devices has allowed huge numbers of people in the world’s second largest country to get access to the internet.
According to the US giant Cisco Systems, much of this rise in India mobile internet use is also down to an innovative Indian company called Reliance Jio.
CDN Failures can be hugely damaging to companies that accelerate their online data with a content delivery network. And this is no more apparent than when millions of end users are relying on your services for something as important as the football World Cup.
Unfortunately, Optus, an Australian telco that has been streaming many World Cup matches, experienced CDN failures during the first few World Cup matches that has caused them to share their broadcast rights with the terrestrial broadcaster SBS to help ensure there is no more disruption.
