Content Delivery Networks/CDN

Content delivery networks are evolving, moving toward decentralized and edge computing models, and content owners need to be aware of the content delivery trends and strategies that will help them get their content from origin to the last mile. Here you’ll find up-to-the-minute reports on CDN news and trends, as well as analysis of where the CDN market is headed.

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Presenting … the 2026 European Innovation Awards Winners

After a whirlwind voting cycle, we're delighted to reveal the winners of the 2026 Streaming Media European Innovation Awards. Now in its 18th year, this year's programme attracted more than 1,100 participants who cast 7,500-plus votes across 13 distinct categories. Congratulations to all of the triumphant 2026 Innovation Awards winners, top vote-getters and runners-up alike!

Action figure: tabulating and managing streaming TCO

While total cost of ownership spans an encyclopedic number of operational touchpoints, managing a video P&L ultimately comes down to making targeted, high-impact architectural choices.

ICYMI: Streaming Media Connect May 2026

Streaming Media Connect May 2026 was all about delivering and monetizing sports streaming featured exclusive keynote fireside chats with Matt Graham of the Tennis Channel and Maria Malinowitsch of Verimatrix and a slate of expert panels packed with speakers from DAZN, Globo, Fubo, OneFootball, FloSports, NESN, IAB Tech Lab, Telestream, Zixi, BuyDRM, ViewLift, CacheFly, Servers.com, Tiledmedia, Norsk, and more. Check out a playlist with Streaming Media Connect sessions on Streaming Media's YouTube channel to catch the sessions you missed and revel in the ones you want to relive through the magic of VOD.

The State of Streaming Sustainability 2026

Is it still fashionable to be sustainable, even with AI?

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After the CDN, You're Blind: Closing the Last-Mile Gap in Streaming Quality

AVEQ's Werner Robitza discusses why the last mile is streaming's biggest monitoring blind spot — and how a single, standards-based quality score lets engineering and management argue from the same number.

Your Competitors Are Serving the Same Ads for 30% Less. The Difference Is the Server.

Ad tech teams optimise the code. They rarely question the server. Here is what that costs—and what one platform changed to fix it.

The World Cup Is Live. Is Your Infrastructure?

The World Cup is live. The infrastructure is either holding or it isn't. The difference was decided long before the opening whistle.

European Innovation in Streaming: Infrastructure Sovereignty as a Competitive Edge

Interview with Alexander Leschinsky, CEO and Co-Founder, G&L Systemhaus

Content Delivery Networks/CDN Companies and Suppliers