Enhance your viewers’ experience and keep them engaged, with midstream multi-CDN switching for VOD and live video delivery at the edge.
Try midstream multi-CDN switching free for 30 days*
Lumen CDN Load Balancer seamlessly orchestrates your biggest live and VOD streams. Try it on your real-world traffic today.
*Restrictions may apply. See details below.
Boost your multi-CDN strategy with an instream switcher
For companies delivering over-the-top (OTT) video, Lumen CDN Load Balancer virtually eliminates potential downtime and poor streaming quality due to CDN failure. Leveraging device edge technologies, our multi-CDN selector dynamically switches to the best-performing content delivery network within your stack.
VIDEO: See how CDN Load Balancer works (7:28)
Benefits
Features and Specs
- Segment-by-segment decisioning to mitigate CDN failure anywhere and at any time during the session
- Instream switching protects against the cascade effect that a CDN failure and massive wave of page refreshes can have on the video workflow
- No single point of failure: client-side decisioning requires no persistent backend connection during the video session
- Web: all browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chromium-based browsers, Edge, and IE
- Mobile: Android, iOS
- Connected TVs: Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, Chromium-based set-top boxes
- Connected devices: Apple TV (tvOS), Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Android-based devices
- C++: code base easily portable to other consoles and devices
- Multi-region autoscaling
- Seamless fallback to the default CDN for all new video sessions in case of an issue with CDN Load Balancer
- Domain and app secret key whitelisting
- Geo-blocking per country or per ASN
- Fully encrypted communications with the backend (HTTPS & WSS)
WEBINAR: Multi-CDN with Hulu and Dan Rayburn
Watch on-demand to learn more about how multi-CDN can help improve viewer experience with content delivery network expert Dan Rayburn and a panel from Hulu and Lumen.
Test drive the reliability and performance of our midstream switcher today with no commitment.
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