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Digital Video and Virtual Networks Driving CDN Market Close to USD5.5 Billion by 2017, Says AccuStream

Source:AccuStream Research Source:AccuStream Research Source:AccuStream Research

With the rise in the consumption of on-line mobile content, in particular rich media files such as videos, the Content Delivery Network (CDN) is becoming a central component within the digital content segment as well as a key infrastructure element within networks serving huge volumes of such content.

Gluware Intelligent Orchestration Engine, Source:Glue NetworksSource: AccuStrem Research

AccuStream Research, which conducts research across various digital content technologies and delivery platforms, including CDNs and online advertising, projects that the CDN revenue will touch $3.36 billion this year, an increase of 19% from last year. 

The report, CDN 2014 – 2017: Operations and Analytics, also projects a steady growth in the CDN market from now to 2017, reaching almost $5.5 billion by then. The report covers various sub-segments within the CDN market including the providers, solutions, geographies, media and publishing verticals and others. According to AccuStream, the rapid growth is sustained by a number of factors including the following: 

Bandwidth pricing stability expanding topline while lowering COGS;

Marginal performance paybacks;

Value added services addressing tech complexities--accounts requiring quality, reach and security at scale--deciphering media formats, device fragmentation and monetization tools that improve MRR; and

Virtual video (including "live" steaming, VOD, TV Everywhere deployment and the enterprise) 

AccuStream also stated that the total 2013 commercial value of media and entertainment video (views and advertising), movie/TV files, music listening and downloads (including self-hosting entities such as Google and Amazon) stood at $3.35 billion, of which $1.05 billion (31.3%) was delivered through CDN contracts. Video viewing and advertising (combining self-hosted networks), TV/movies and music alone accounted for 2.4+ billion gigabytes of data transfer, worth $1.6 billion in commercial market value. CDNs enlisted include Akamai Technologies, Limelight Networks, CDNetworks, ChinaCache, Mirror Image, Level 3, Highwinds, Cloudflare, Tata Communications and MaxCDN, among others. 

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Executive Editor and Telecoms Strategist at The Fast Mode | 5G | IoT/M2M | Telecom Strategy | Mobile Service Innovations 

Tara Neal heads the strategy & editorial unit at The Fast Mode, focusing on latest technologies such as gigabit broadband, 5G, cloud-native networking, edge computing, virtualization, software-defined networking and network automation as well as broader telco segments such as IoT/M2M, CX, OTT services and network security. Tara holds a First Class Honours in BSc Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics, UK and is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute, United States. Tara has over 22 years of experience in technology and business strategy, and has earlier served as project director for technology and economic development projects in various management consulting firms.

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