DCIA P2P Advertising Upfront Jeff Richards Vice President, Digital Content Services
2 Highlights 1.Evolution of Content Delivery 2.Challenges 3.Opportunities
3 Why VeriSign and P2P? + More than $1.5B invested in digital content over the last 4 years The brand behind the brand in mobile and broadband Acquired Kontiki in March Sit in the middle of more than 25B Internet transactions – every day
4 Content Delivery Networks – An Evolution (As Predicted) 1st Generation CDN2nd Generation CDN3rd Generation CDN
5 Challenges 1.Respecting the PC 2.Security 3.Commercial P2P vs. File Sharing 4.Traffic Shaping 5.Business Models and Economics
6 Commercial P2P vs. File Sharing Not an open network Designed to protect copyrights Topology-aware, ISP- friendly Consistently delivers high-quality end user experience
7 Opportunities 1.Collaboration (Really) 2.Building on High Profile Commercial Adoption 3.Business Models and Economics + Advertising
8 Growing Momentum for Commercial P2P + Early adopters BBC, Channel4, Sky and others are starting to see widespread success and coverage + BBC: 120,000 client downloads in 1 st week
Thank You Jeff Richards Vice President, Digital Content Services Blog: