HTTP adaptive streaming not ready for prime time

Posted by : Randy Cooper in (CDN)

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By Stef
Not true, I will explain below. Better network utilization for network owners. Completely untrue because multicast delivery and UDP unicast delivery are more efficient than HTTP adaptive because of the TCP overhead. … When I moderated a panel for last Content Delivery Summit in London, we discussed this topic with a panel from Adobe, Microsoft and Wowza and some other (HTTP adaptive) streaming technology vendors and they all agreed as well that it’s all about the mix of …
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