Conviva partners with Limelight for video analytics
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Michelle Clancy
| 02 September 2017

Conviva has added Limelight Networks as a content delivery network (CDN) collaborator for its Quality of Experience (QoE) Ecosystem Analytics initiative.


OTT publishers often rely on CDNs to deliver seamless streaming video experiences, and through this collaboration, Limelight will gain visibility into the end user experience. By sharing video experience service analytics provisioned for CDNs, a publisher can enable Limelight to act and respond to any issues that might arise in the video viewing experience.

“For many years, Conviva has maintained a strong relationship with Limelight, and we have many shared top-tier publishers that will see the benefit of us providing the same view of consumer experience,” said Hui Zhang, CEO of Conviva. “CDNs are a critical element in the delivery of a high-quality streaming experience, and now Limelight will be able to leverage Conviva analytics to deliver the best possible performance while also minimising the customer impact of any CDN-related delivery issues.”

Limelight will be able to look at experience statistics by region and platform type, as well as metrics such as video start time and latency. It can access the same Experience Insights dashboard as its customers, which includes alerts, customer filters and the ability to combine with customer network topology data.

“Consumers are accessing more video content from online and OTT streaming services,” said Steve Miller-Jones, senior director of product management at Limelight Networks. “We are also seeing more adoption of video consumption on a range of mobile and other devices and consumer expectations for high-quality video anywhere, any time remain the same, regardless of connection or device type. Using the Limelight Orchestrate Platform and working with Conviva, our customers will be able to monitor and refine the online video experience, ensuring they get the best performance possible.”