DLive Selects Peer5 MultiCDN To Power Its E-Sports Streaming WorldWide
CUPERTINO and PALO ALTO, Calif., July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Peer5, which operates the world's first Multi CDN as a Service, announced today that DLive, a disruptive live-streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to reward both creators and viewers, has chosen Peer5 to power its e-sports streaming worldwide.
"Streaming huge events to massive global audiences is the foundation of our company," said Liang Tian, Head of Infrastructure at DLive. "And that's why we made a very deliberate decision regarding our video delivery partner. Peer5's MultiCDN solution gives us all the bandwidth we need, in every region we need, at a moment's notice and puts it all behind a single API and reporting dashboard that makes it incredibly easy to operate."
Since its launch in September 2018, DLive has quickly grown to become a preeminent e-sports streaming platform, with viewers watching over 34 million hours of content in Q2 2019, according to StreamLabs. The company recently entered into an exclusive live streaming partnership with PewDiePie, the world's largest independent content creator with more than 97M subscribers on YouTube. Events featuring personalities like PewDiePie create unprecedented traffic spikes on DLive's streaming infrastructure, driving the need for a scalable solution like the Peer5 MultiCDN.
"We're thrilled that DLive has chosen our MultiCDN to power its worldwide streaming," said Hadar Weiss, CEO at Peer5. "Our proprietary real-time switching technology solves speed, scalability and network resiliency issues for global media companies like DLive and we look forward to helping the DLive team to flawlessly deliver even bigger streaming events."
About Peer5
Peer5 operates the world's first Multi CDN as a Service for high quality streaming to global audiences through one simple API. Technologies developed at Peer5 solve speed, scalability and network resiliency issues for global Media and Enterprise companies like Turner, Deutsche Telekom, Grupo Clarin and DLive. Peer5 is dedicated to improving the quality of experience for all viewers by connecting each user to the best possible source. Peer5 was founded in 2012 and has offices in Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. To learn more about Peer5, please visit https://www.peer5.com/
About DLive
DLive is a decentralized live-streaming community built using the Lino blockchain. DLive utilizes the Lino blockchain to incentivize both content creators and viewers using cryptocurrencies. DLive believes that all rewards belong to platform participants, and does not take cuts or charge any fees to content creators. To learn more about DLive, please visit https://community.dlive.tv/about/welcome-letter/.
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