Google Cloud launches Media CDN that uses YouTube’s network
Google Cloud has launched a new multimedia content delivery network (CDN) – aptly named Media CDN – that allows businesses to take advantage of Google’s YouTube network.
According to Sandvine’s ‘The Global Internet Phenomena Report’, video streaming accounted for 53.7% of global bandwidth traffic in the first half of 2021.
The strain this is placing on existing infrastructure is fuelling media and streaming companies’ transitions to public clouds, and...