Netskrt News

Too Big to Be Ignored: On Average, 5-10% of Streaming Subscribers Experience Poor QoE

Sept. 18, 2024 | By Dan Rayburn
The largest content streamers now serve around 40-80 million subscribers in the US every month for OTT services. Most of them rely on third-party CDNs to deliver all or nearly all of their video. Delivering this content requires a high threshold of HD or better video quality, high bitrates for viewing on large screens, immediate player startup, no buffering, and zero dropped packets during the stream. In other words, a consistently high Quality of Experience (QoE) for end users and that’s magnified even further when streaming live events. On average, for 90-95% of their subscriber base in the US, third-party CDNs provide enough data to measure QoE so that streamers are, for the most part, confident their content is being delivered with an optimal experience. But what about the other 5-10% of their audience?

Why Streamers Need Rural Sports Fans — and Why Quality is Key for Keeping Them Around

Sept. 11, 2024 | By Steve Miller-Jones Streaming’s contract-free business model isn’t the only reason why people churn. If they live in rural areas, streaming can be an unwatchable buffering, tiling, freezing mess. That kind of experience is a big problem for streamers whose main offering is on-demand content such as movies and TV series, but it’s an even bigger problem for services built around live sports. Nobody wants to spend $15 a month or $99 a year to watch out-of-market games and see a spinning wheel instead.

Thales’ FLYTEDGE Digitally Remasters the Inflight Entertainment Experience

May 28, 2024 | By Thales FlytEDGE is the IFEC industry’s first solution to feature edge caching. Passengers can now instantly stream their favorite entertainment using their personal video subscriptions and continue watching their favorite shows from the ground to the air and across flights.

Vancouver's Netskrt Systems raises $10M for high-def streaming expansion

May 2, 2024 | By Daisy Xiong
Netskrt Systems Inc., which specializes in technology that improves streaming video quality over far distances or in rural areas, announced Wednesday (May 1) it’s secured $10 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital fund Yaletown Partners.

How the ‘outskirts of the internet’ can help stop subscriber churn

March 14, 2024 | By Jenny Preistley at TVB Europe
An Edge-Native CDN is specifically designed to ensure a high-quality viewing experience for subscribers on the outskirts of the internet

About Edge Caching

June 5, 2023 | Aircraft Interiors International
New systems are emerging that integrate IFE and connectivity on a single digital experience platform (DXP), employing standardized ‘edge caching’ to deliver optimized passenger connections while preserving bandwidth.

Netskrt Systems & BAI Comms work together

March 29, 2023 | By Carolina Worrell at Railway Age
Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN) provider Netskrt Systems and BAI, soon to be rebranded as Boldyn Networks, announced March 28 that they will work together to enhance rail passengers’ onboard Wi-Fi experience, including offering them on demand and live video streaming services.

Meeting Passenger Wi-Fi Expectations as Sustainability Drives Rail Travel

February 28, 2023 | Railway News
How Netskrt Systems allows rail operators to go beyond by giving passengers the video streaming experience they want.

CEO of Netskrt Talks Edge Content Delivery and In-Flight Connectivity

November 11, 2022 | Avionics International
Siegfried Luft, Co-Founder and CEO of Netskrt, talks with Avionics International about their partnership with Thales, and entry into the in-flight connectivity and entertainment (IFC/IFE) industry.

Netskrt's software technology brings content delivery to "the extreme edge"

November 8, 2022 | By Rick Lundstrom at Pax International
When the aviation industry moves toward cloud-based solutions, companies like Netskrt will be one of the players helping airlines meet the demand from consumers.

CDO interview: Danny Gonzalez, chief digital and innovation officer, London North Eastern Railway

September 29, 2022 | By Mark Samuels at Computer Weekly
The rail franchise is driving a wide-ranging digital transformation, encompassing back-office improvements and enhancing passenger experience.

B.C. firm pilots tech to make it easier to stream thousands of shows on long trips

July 26, 2022 | By Tyler Orton at BIV – Business Intelligence for B.C.
Netskrt partnership with U.K. rail service aims to eliminate buffering headaches to ensure passengers can stream shows without interruption by train, plane or ship.

London Rail Company Taps Vancouver’s Netskrt Systems for Edgecasting Trial

July 22, 2022 | By Knowlton Thomas at techcouver
British train operating company London North Eastern Railway announced this month a United Kingdoms first—using Vancouver technology