Open Source P2P Streaming Getting Ready to Disrupt CDN Business Models
07/24 2008 | 01:45 PM
Posted by: Janko Roettgers
The EU-funded P2P Next project has been beta testing a new open source streaming solution since late last week, streaming both a live webcam transmission and an archived video from the BBC through its BitTorrent-based SwarmPlayer. I had a chance to check in with P2P Next’s scientific director, Johan Pouwelse, today about the progress of the test. “(It’s been) positive beyond our expectations,” he told me, adding that more than 4,000 users have installed the latest beta version of SwarmPlayer.
Of course SwarmPlayer isn’t the only effort to utilize P2P for streaming video. In fact, hardly a week goes by without some startup pitching a new P2P streaming solution to us. These companies should pay close attention to P2P Next, not only because the project has €14 million to develop an open source streaming alternative, but also because broadcasters from the BBC to Germany’s ARD just seem to love the idea of ditching their proprietary platforms. Continue reading at Newteevee.com.
Of course SwarmPlayer isn’t the only effort to utilize P2P for streaming video. In fact, hardly a week goes by without some startup pitching a new P2P streaming solution to us. These companies should pay close attention to P2P Next, not only because the project has €14 million to develop an open source streaming alternative, but also because broadcasters from the BBC to Germany’s ARD just seem to love the idea of ditching their proprietary platforms. Continue reading at Newteevee.com.
