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AI & Enterprise
Netflix video does not fly in from U.S. each time, secret lies in CDN
Streaming video data does not usually travel from a distant original server each time a user presses play. Content delivery networks, or CDNs, store copies of video, images and files on distributed servers closer to users to reduce response times and spread traffic loads. Netflix runs its own Open Connect system using servers placed inside internet service provider networks or linked to exchange points. Google uses Global Cache in a similar way. CDNs help during traffic surges but do not eliminate all playback issues.
AI & Enterprise
How Netflix can live stream BTS Gwanghwamun concert to 300 million subscribers
A BTS concert in Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun on March 21 will be broadcast live worldwide on Netflix to more than 300 million subscribers, drawing attention for its technology. Unlike video-on-demand, live streaming must capture and encode video in real time and deliver it simultaneously to hundreds of millions of devices. Netflix uses an AWS-based live infrastructure with dual-region redundancy, real-time encoding and distribution via its Open Connect CDN. The stream will process up to 38 million system events per second.
Telecommunications & Media
Netflix to livestream BTS concert using own infrastructure, traffic capacity in focus
Netflix will exclusively livestream BTS\' fifth full-length album \'Arirang\' release concert from Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun Square at 8 p.m. on March 21 to more than 190 countries. Netflix said it will use its Open Connect system without an external CDN, with engineers from headquarters handling the feed. Concerns persist over Open Connect\'s vulnerability to spikes in live traffic, after overload during a 2024 boxing livestream. Industry sources also cite friction with domestic ISPs over network expansion costs and responsibilities.
