The global COVID-19 pandemic is forcing more employees to work from home every day, the pressure on broadband networks to support unprecedented demand for connectivity is building up.
“The sports category has experienced tremendous growth throughout the last year as more Indians turn to the Internet as their first source of up-to-the-minute news on their favorite teams and players,” said Will Hodgman, Comscore executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region.
Internet exchanges in India have been recording significant rises in peak traffic as more and more people start working from home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Facebook, Google, TikTok, Viacom18, and Sony have said they are, by default, serving their video streams in standard definition (480p) on cellular networks in India
In order to ensure data networks don’t start getting congested, to reduce internet load, situations like Netflix is only streaming in SD instead of HD. Streaming service Netflix Inc and social media giant Facebook Inc would reduce the amount of data their services use to ease congested telecoms networks in India, where millions are using home Internet amid a lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The producer of original shows such as The Crown and Sex Education, Netflix has over 16 million paying users in the Asia-Pacific region
Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service also reduces streaming bit rates in India.
“The sports category has experienced tremendous growth throughout the last year as more Indians turn to the Internet as their first source of up-to-the-minute news on their favorite teams and players,” said Will Hodgman, Comscore executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region.
Internet exchanges in India have been recording significant rises in peak traffic as more and more people start working from home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Facebook, Google, TikTok, Viacom18, and Sony have said they are, by default, serving their video streams in standard definition (480p) on cellular networks in India
In order to ensure data networks don’t start getting congested, to reduce internet load, situations like Netflix is only streaming in SD instead of HD. Streaming service Netflix Inc and social media giant Facebook Inc would reduce the amount of data their services use to ease congested telecoms networks in India, where millions are using home Internet amid a lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The producer of original shows such as The Crown and Sex Education, Netflix has over 16 million paying users in the Asia-Pacific region
Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service also reduces streaming bit rates in India.
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