DAZN Elevates the Viewer Experience: Expansion of the DAZN Edge Platform in Collaboration with MainStreaming
Milan, Italy - September 27, 2023 (News Aktuell9.- MainStreaming, the intelligent media delivery company, today announced a further expansion of the DAZN Edge platform in DAZN's main European markets.
In the ever-evolving world of sports streaming, it is essential to offer viewers the best experience possible. DAZN, a major player in the streaming industry and the world's leading sports entertainment platform, is taking this commitment to the next level by expanding its private video distribution network DAZN Edge. Improving the viewer experience for the current TIM Italian Serie A football season has been a key driver behind this expansion, which includes more DAZN Edge points of presence (PoPs) and additional monitoring capabilities.
DAZN Edge is an innovative platform designed to improve the viewer experience by optimizing content distribution. DAZN Edge reduces latency, improves video quality and ensures uninterrupted streaming.
DAZN introduced this new platform in 2021 to distribute the majority of DAZN content in its European core.
DAZN is committed to innovation to offer the best experience to its viewers. A mission that led to the selection of MainStreaming as a technology and services provider.
DAZN Edge is built with MainStreaming's proprietary Video Edge technology that has been optimized for large-scale live streaming and VOD. In addition, the platform incorporates edge computing applications, such as watermarks, and includes machine learning to improve the personalization of the viewer's experience.
MainStreaming designs, deploys, operates and supports the DAZN Edge platform, and works with multiple ISPs across Europe to ensure optimal quality of experience (QoE) for DAZN viewers.
In 2023, DAZN expanded its DAZN Edge capacity to ensure quality of experience for all its viewers through ISP networks to offer the best possible service to growing regional audiences. This joins the latest version of MainStreaming Analytics, which provides even more granular data, giving DAZN complete, real-time visibility into service performance.
“Wherever DAZN Edge is deployed, we achieve the best possible QoE for our viewers, which translates into more viewing time and a better customer experience,” said Robin Oakley, vice president of distribution engineering at DAZN. "The ISPs we work with as important technology partners and who help us deliver great sports viewing experiences to our shared customers, also benefit from the significant investment we have made in DAZN Edge, which ensures highly efficient video delivery. streaming over broadband broadband networks.
At the same time, MainStreaming has been recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Edge Computing report, published in August 2023. Since the creation of the Gartner report in 2003, large technology companies have appeared on this prestigious list such as Skype, Dropbox, Zoom, Peloton and Tencent.
“Being recognized in the 2023 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Edge Computing report is significant for us,” said Antonio Corrado, CEO of MainStreaming.
"Our approach has always been to redefine the architecture of streaming video distribution to enable maximum performance, with optimal efficiency, at the largest scale. Our real-time video distribution technology distributed across our Video Edge network is the way we deliver these key benefits to our customers.
"Our Video Edge network works differently than standard CDNs, which is reflected in the quality of live streaming delivery at scale for DAZN."
About MainStreaming
MainStreaming is an intelligent multimedia content distribution company that allows companies, media and gaming companies to guarantee the best quality of experience to their audience, providing scalability and full control over the video distribution process.
MainStreaming solutions improve network efficiency, deliver exceptional reliability, improve quality of service and provide tangible economic benefit.
MainStreaming Contact:
Direct contact: 39 02 868 969
Email: press@mainstreaming.tv
Website: www.mainstreaming.tv
