Futurewatch: Content Delivery—A Sea Change in the CDN Market
With the rate at which online video consumption is growing across media, video content delivery is no longer a passing fad but a serious business opportunity.
The time from 2009 to 2011 will be a critical phase for defining next-generation web-based video delivery and the role of CDNs for the same. The market will continue to grow, larger ISPs will enter the market, and technologies will evolve to achieve higher cost efficiencies and better delivery. At the same time, the market might witness a shake-up, and small companies will have to put up a major struggle to survive against the increasing competition.