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As 17LIVE's user community expanded, the company faced numerous obstacles and pain points that required attention to sustain and elevate its live streaming offerings. Below are a selection of these challenges.Infrastructure Constraints Impeding International Expansion: With a vision to "foster human connections through live technology," 17LIVE has consistently prioritized catering to its worldwide user community. To fulfill this mission, 17LIVE sought a CDN provider capable of delivering a resilient network infrastructure to guarantee seamless expansion of its live streaming operations, particularly in regions like China, which possess their own distinct network transmission standards and regulations.Enhancing Streaming Performance: Serving a vast, multinational user base, ensuring seamless and low-latency streaming became imperative for 17LIVE, as it guaranteed a positive interactive experience across the three apps mentioned. An increasing user base on these apps directly correlated to higher profits, further emphasizing the significance of CDNetworks' ability to deliver reliable performance across diverse network conditions and devices.High Demands for Diverse Interactive Capabilities: To render live streaming both engaging and entertaining, the aforementioned three apps posed extremely stringent functional requirements to CDNetworks' Media Delivery Solutions. These requirements were vital for boosting 17LIVE's user engagement and platform traffic growth by employing intuitive methods to draw users to content, such as content thumbnails or snippets.Rising Content Moderation & Archival Burden: With the unprecedented surge in platform users and live streamers, the daily task of moderating and archiving content on 17LIVE has seen a substantial increase. This exponential growth rendered manual, real-time content moderation unfeasible. Consequently, 17LIVE sought a solution that could moderate and archive content while simultaneously enhancing operational efficiency and reducing labor costs.Round-the-Clock Issue Resolution Challenges: As a 24/7 live streaming platform, 17LIVE necessitates round-the-clock support services to tackle any issues that may arise at any moment.To tackle these challenges, 17LIVE opted for CDNetworks and its customized solutions.

Arirang TV, a leading global broadcaster in Korea, faced challenges in providing high-quality video streaming to its overseas users, who represented 85% of total web visitors. The poor network environment made it difficult for these users to watch videos properly. Moreover, the rise in popularity of various devices changed the environment for watching broadcasts, increasing demand for ‘Full Contents Review’ and the expected level of quality. Arirang needed to create an environment where viewers could watch programs smoothly on PCs, mobile devices, and smart TVs, not just via satellite.

Square Enix, a leading gaming company in Japan, was facing challenges in providing a stable network infrastructure for online gaming. The company was using several CDN vendors concurrently to ensure service continuity. However, using multiple CDN vendors was costly, and the company was looking for ways to reduce these costs. They formed an interdepartmental professional team with the goal of reducing CDN costs. Every year, the Square Enix CDN team compares current vendors and other vendors including those outside Japan. To provide gamers with the best environment that uses cutting-edge and high-quality service, vendors are compared and replaced annually.