Global TV Streaming More Than Doubled In A Year
Users around the world have begun to consume much more TV content than ever. The number of streaming broadcasts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup more than doubled past records, writes Rapid TV News with reference to a study.
Increasing Popularity
Records are updated both in terms of the number of parallel streams and in terms of hours spent watching the broadcasts. So, in the second quarter of 2018, Cinviva set a record of 7.9 million parallel streaming during the match between Argentina and France on June 30, and the total number of watched hours for the quarter was 5.5 billion. This corresponds to an increase of 118% and 115%, respectively compared to the same period last year.
These figures, the agency believes, emphasize the importance of live sports broadcasts, which should be considered by copyright holders. The study also showed that the use of PCs for streaming television is reduced in favor of mobile devices, especially for short-form content, while on connected TV platforms they are preferred for long-term content.
Amazon's content consumption on Sony PlayStation, Google Chrome cast, and Fire TV has doubled or more in a year. More than half of the total hours watched came from Roku, PlayStation, Xbox, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Chrome cast. Part of the growth here is due to the continuing decline in the popularity of native TV platforms such as Samsung Smart TV.
Analysts also found that while in North America and Europe there were improvements in streaming quality in all respects, Asia lagged both in image quality and in buffering. About 3.1 billion streams of more than 20 billion, or nearly 1 billion hours, were “lost” due to poor streaming quality.
IP protocol as a tool for implementing IP broadcasting
One of the central points in IP technology is the formation of IP packets and sending them to the address. An IP packet is a small block of data whose structure and shape are defined by the IP protocol. The structure of the package looks like a message with a heading and informational content. In the IPv4 standard, 20 b is allocated under the heading. In order to read, the header contains the following information:
· The protocol version is contained in the first four bits of the header,
· The next four bits give information about the length of the header,
· The next eight bits contain information indicating the priority of this packet for nodes and routers,
· The next 16 bits contain information about the size of the packet, including the header,
· The 16 subsequent bits are the identifier of the packet, which serves to identify parts of the packet,
· The next three bits give signs of packet fragmentation,
· 13-bit offset is used to divide and assemble the package into fragments,
· The next 8-bit field contains information about the lifetime of the packet when each node passes, the lifetime field of the packet decreases by one, and when this field is reset, the packet is destroyed,
In IPv6 it contains eight groups of letters and numbers. The IPv6 standard, in addition to address expansion, has other superior features. It is increased for example, the volume of the supporting package to 4 GB. This is true for high-speed networks. The new standard eliminates packet fragmentation. It is simply destroyed. There is no “Checksum” field in the packet header. The lifetime of the package in the new version is limited by the transition time from node to node.
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