Leveraging Edge Computing, Cloud Is ‘Essential’ to Improving Video Streaming, Says ABI

As global pay-TV competition further intensifies, “deployment of next-generation content delivery solutions to provide the best user experience across different video platforms is crucial for the success of service providers,” said ABI Research Thursday. It forecasts video streaming services will top 585 million subscriptions worldwide in 2019. ABI sees 5G network deployments as a “catalyst” in mobile video consumption, “driving the requirement of efficient video delivery solutions,” it said. Ultra HD and augmented- and virtual-reality video applications “are also expected to drive the deployment of edge computing platforms for content delivery,” it said. Edge computing can greatly reduce latency by moving the data source closer to end users, it said.