Well, if you believe the Web-content delivery firm will continue to grow at a fast pace, maybe.
But it may model its use of the technology on its smaller competitor VeriSign (nasdaq: VRSN - news - people ), which switches between traditional content delivery and cheaper peer-to-peer method, depending on how much a customer is willing to spend.
Cloud computing, connected devices and multi-platform content delivery are central elements that reinforce where consumer electronics is heading.
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It's especially significant that Roundbox and LG have achieved interoperability in a way that conforms to the new ATSC Non-Real-Time Content Delivery Candidate Standard.
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Akamai, which operates in the content delivery and value-added solutions business, recently reported its third-quarter 2010 earnings.
As public clouds continue to grow, the opportunity to transform companies providing dedicated hosting, content delivery or front-end Web servers are also growing.
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Startup companies, most of them in Internet content delivery or e-commerce, were getting funded and bursting on the scene by the dozens per week.
We see the standard being expanded horizontally to address the specific needs of new markets such as energy efficiency, in-car networking, data-center networking and content delivery.
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The mobile industry will need to take the initiative to begin aggregating content and optimizing delivery from data-heavy social media apps to ease network constraints and maintain superior user experiences.
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Media content delivery (including value-added services) is the most important business segment for Akamai and it is understandable that the company would look to prevent its competitors from catching up.
But it may model its use of the technology on its smaller competitor VeriSign, which switches between traditional content delivery and cheaper peer-to-peer method, depending on how much a customer is willing to spend.
To Amazon, the devices are just delivery channels for more content and the e-reader push towards lower and lower price will allow the company to throw e-readers in with the delivery of a book or a large enough commitment to a content subscription.
Let's say, for example, that a customer's connection is fine for browsing the web, but it doesn't pass muster for streaming content -- a service dedicated to video delivery could be added to close the gap.
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BitTorrent's content delivery system, originally developed as an open-source product, uses a "peer-to-peer" downloading method that can piece together a file from several servers at once, as well as from the hard drive of every user who has previously downloaded the file, taking the bandwidth burden off any single source.
The content concepts might be tried-and-true, but the delivery method is not.
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To keep videos streaming on demand without annoying delays, most video sites use expensive content delivery networks like Akamai and Limelight, and sites like YouTube--as well as clones launched by practically every television network--have struggled to find an advertising model that produces enough revenue to offset those ballooning bandwidth costs.
But officials hinted that delivery of Yahoo's content and services over wireless networks is the long-term goal.
Rovi Entertainment Store, which is helping a range of retailers, service providers, CE manufacturers, content owners, and PC OEMs to drive revenue from over-the-top (OTT) storefronts and cloud-based entertainment, has adopted DivX Plus Streaming as its preferred method of content delivery.
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Akamai even turned the trick into a profitable business by building a network of servers situated within the networks of other companies into a sort of meta-network, which it uses to speed the delivery of its client's content.
At the time no one seemed to notice--or more to the point, care--that Excite's content was at best mediocre and that At Home's touted broadband delivery would require billions in infrastructure investment.
The growth of information that is available on-line has led to a great number of new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery to data analytics.
Sony has developed "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity" in partnership with Omnifone, a leading provider of cloud-based unlimited music services, with Omnifone contracted by Sony to coordinate content licensing as well as development and delivery of the service, leveraging its existing expertise in the music industry.
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