Episode 116: Akamai Acquires Contracts From Edgio's Bankruptcy Auction: Roundup Of OTT and Broadcast News

This week, we detail Akamai's successful $125 million bid for customer contracts from Edgio's security and content delivery businesses as part of Edgio's bankruptcy auction. We discuss Akamai's projected $89-$111 million in revenue over the next five quarters from the contracts and what the deal means for the broader CDN market. We also debunk some reported comments associated with the news and the impact on Microsoft's Azure CDN. Finally, we discuss news involving the Venu Sports and Fubo dispute, Netflix's commercial distribution agreement with EverPass Media for its NFL games on Christmas and quick highlights of some OTT and broadcast announcements.

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