The search for a High-Definition Video on Demand solution

Conclusion: Introducing the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ network

Snowball® OpenDelivery™ is a new content delivery solution designed specifically for Internet Video on Demand services. The idea behind Snowball® OpenDelivery™ is to rely on market mechanisms to optimize the use of network resources, and provide the best performance at a cost set by the customer.

The Snowball® OpenDelivery™ platform combines three key components:

• a secure, traceable, distributed content delivery network;
• an open market where content providers can purchase hosting capacity, and hosting providers can monetize their idle capacity;
• a clearinghouse that guarantees payment to hosting providers.

Features

• Peer-to-peer technology: load balancing across all available hosting resources;
• Network hubs at strategic locations, such as ISPs;
• Tamper-proof authentication and statistics;
• Upload compensation.

Benefits

• Complete control over hosting costs;
• Cost-effectiveness: network optimization through market mechanisms;
• Easy integration into existing websites;
• ISP friendliness;
• Customer loyalty tool, viral marketing tool, piracy deterrent.

Summary:

• Overview
• No relief from cheaper bandwidth
• There is no free lunch: the Peer-to-Peer illusion
• The four commandments of a High-Definition Video on Demand solution
• Conclusion: Introducing the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ network

Articles in that section

• Can Internet Video on Demand actually deliver?
• The search for a High-Definition Video on Demand solution
• An elegant way to fight widespread copyright infringement on the Internet
• Summary: Snowball® OpenDelivery™: a novel approach to content-delivery networks

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