Akamai Wants To Turn Consumer Gadgets In To Video Nodes

Akamai is commonly thought of as the content powerhouse in the sky, thanks to its online server capacity. But soon it wants to start turning consumer devices in to a video delivery network. Elaborating on October’s announcement, in which Akamai struck a relationship to add its software to Cisco routers, its media SVP and GM Bill Wheaton […]

 
 

Level 3’s Taylor: Online Is An Imperfect World

AMSTERDAM — Level 3 is trying to help broadcasters and sports teams communicate with video in what exec James Taylor says they see as a problematic digital world. In this video interview with Beet.TV at the recent IBC show, Level 3‘s EMEA cloud services director talks about the company’s Video Cloud service. Level 3 recently […]