Additional findings from this research include:
- Multiscreen and OTT video are the biggest market drivers for implementing a CDN among pay-TV operators.
- Managed CDN services from vendors like Akamai, Level 3 and Limelight account for about 57% of total forecasted revenues by 2017.
- Asia will be the largest user of CDN services among pay-TV operators by 2017, with 27.4%, followed by Western Europe (23.9%) and North America (21.8%).
- Asia will also show the largest growth as well with a 76.6% CAGR during the forecast period.
- MRG expects continued growth of open source CDNs from operators like Comcast as well as growing use of caches from Netflix's Open Connect CDN which is available free to broadband providers and operators.
This report is focused on how pay-TV operators are implementing CDNs, as a way to help deliver Internet video not just for multiscreen but also for OTT services. It outlines the current market for CDNs, and looks at the top vendors for CDNs, including transparent caching, analytics, and video optimizations.
Included in the report is a breakdown of CDN vendors, revenue forecasts for both vendor-based and managed CDNs, and analyst recommendations on the current market for pay-TV operators using CDNs in their networks.
