Edgeware adds Akamai and Level3 support for TV CDN
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| 07 March 2017

Aiming to allow operators to reach more consumers with third-party content, CDN firm Edgeware has enhanced its CDN Selector platform to deliver the same content from a single NAS over Akamai and Level3 services.

Explaining the reason for the move, Edgeware cited a recent research paper by analyst Frost & Sullivan which found that content owners benefit from building their own TV CDN when they have more than about 100,000 subscribers located within a single geographical area. Edgeware believes that the additional support of third-party CDN services lets those operators extend their TV services to more users where it’s uneconomical to deploy their own infrastructure.

The new platform supports both CDN selection and publishing functions, designed by Edgeware to result in an operator needing only to store, repackage and encrypt its TV assets in one place, using a single NAS, as opposed to having one for each CDN service provider. Cache misses from the other CDNs can also be repackaged and encrypted in real-time to maximise reach. Control of the delivery quality remains with the operator as distribution policy and business rules, such as ensuring premium content is delivered at high quality, and can be enforced centrally.

“There’s a growing trend for operators to build their own TV CDNs,” said Edgeware CTO Göran Appelquist, “but extending your own dedicated CDN with third-party services is a good way to reach off-net viewers or meet peaks in demand.”