Edgeware adds support for Limelight, AWS Cloudfront to CDN Selector
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| 28 March 2018

Adding to previously announced compatibility with other major platforms, Edgeware has enabled its CDN Selector to support the delivery of TV content via Limelight and AWS Cloudfront delivery networks.

The verification of Limelight has been completed while testing of Amazon Web Services' Cloudfront is expected to be finalised in the second half of Q2 2018. Edgeware's CDN Selector has been designed to allow operators to more easily deliver content to viewers via multiple third-party networks and different CDN services such as those from Microsoft Azure, Fastly, Google Cloud CD, Verizon, Akamai and Level3. All of these can be verified when requested by Edgeware's customers.

CDN Selector, together with the TV Director server, can also enable operators to create policies for each CDN service based on several criteria including type of content, viewer location or available bandwidth on a particular CDN.

"Integrating these delivery platforms with existing CDN providers' services gives content owners the best of both worlds," said Edgeware VP of products Johan Bolin. "They can deliver the majority of their content on their own TV CDN, with a lower cost point and greater control, while still using CDN services to reach viewers outside their core territories or to satisfy peak demand. And it allows them to maintain a single origin system."