Demos will provide a look at real-world applications that are transforming the way streaming content is delivered and consumed.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. will exhibit at booth SL3324, where it plans to demonstrate its media delivery and security solutions and services. Company experts will also deliver presentations and participate on panels covering key industry topics such as data breaches, the latest in video innovation and cross-industry efforts to achieve interoperability.
Demonstrations at Akamai’s booth will feature some of its latest innovations in streaming media delivery and security including: Media Services Live featuring liveOrigin functionality, which is designed to significantly drive down latency while maintaining video quality; a simulation of its real-time monitoring and issue detection service, the Broadcast Operations Control Centre; and security solutions designed to help ensure service and content availability.
Demos will provide a look at real-world applications that are transforming the way streaming content is delivered and consumed, including: Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) which is essentially a server-side ad insertion capability to deliver targeted advertisements into live and on-demand video streams.
Other demos will include applications such as Live to Video On Demand (VOD) that creates VOD clips and thumbnails generated from live content between a specific start and end time for use cases such as live events and 24/7 “catch-up TV” applications.
The company will also demonstrate Manifest Manipulation that generates manifest file information that can both optimise video delivery based upon a viewer’s device and network conditions, as well as circumvent ad-blocking technologies to help protect revenues.
And lastly Web Security including Bot Manager and Enterprise Threat Protector that can help manage the wide range of bot traffic to a site and protect employee and subscriber accounts and credentials against threats including as malware, ransomware and phishing.
