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2016 Olympics – Online Viewing Breaks all Records 17 August 2016
According to a recent report by Akamai, Olympics online video traffic will have 4,500 hours of live coverage by the end of seasons, up from 3,500 for 2012 London Games and 1,000 for 2014 Sochi Games. NBC Sports streams more … Continue reading
Akamai notes streaming record of 7.3 Tbps during Euro 2016 championship 29 July 2016
The UEFA Euro 2016 championship game between Portugal and France pushed football’s popularity among the streaming crowd to record heights once again, with CDN provider Akamai recording peak traffic rate of 7.3 terabits per second, along with 3.3 million concurrent streams, … Continue reading
Global average connection speed grew by 23 percent compared to Q1 2015 05 July 2016
Akamai has released its State of the Internet Report for the first quarter of 2016, and the findings show briskly growing connection rates. The global average connection speed grew by 23 percent compared to Q1 2015, rising to a new … Continue reading
State of Content Delivery in 2015 25 March 2015
Whether it’s a homegrown, in-house content delivery solution of a service provided by a large content delivery network (CDN) provider, the state of content delivery has never been more robust—or more fraught with peril—than today. The last year saw several … Continue reading
