Netskrt News
Disruption to the CDN market is good news for sports streaming. Here's Why.
Apr. 15, 2025 | By Kevin Walsh – Published in SportsPro
Just as the ecosystem for video entertainment is being disrupted, so too is the CDN ecosystem and this is a positive trend for all market participants. Better performance, improved QoE, and a more economically sustainable CDN market are prerequisites for a thriving streaming video market.
Netskrt Joins Streaming Sports Council Meeting
Feb. 15, 2025 | By SVTA
The SVTA Streaming Sports Council held its first meeting on December 19, 2024. Twenty five attendees from companies including (but not limited to) Comcast, AWS, Fastly and Verizon joined to discuss the group’s purpose and the technology headwinds facing streaming live sports at scale.
Delta seeks to gain edge with Thales FlytEDGE, eyes multi-network IFC
2024 Highlights: A Year Investing in B.C. Businesses
Jan. 6, 2025 | By InBC Investment Corporation
InBC’s remarkable 2024 impact report showcases their investments in 12 innovative B.C. companies (including Netskrt) and 7 venture funds, collectively supporting over 1,100 jobs and driving $76M in R&D across the province. Their strategic investments in companies like Arca, ChopValue, and Sanctuary AI, alongside their commitment to diverse entrepreneurship and regional economic development, demonstrate the transformative power of purpose-driven capital.
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. 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
