A commissioner of the European Union had a conversation with Netflix boss Reed Hastings about ways the streaming video giant can help reduce potential internet congestion as more people work and study from home amid the coronavirus epidemic. Details:
A commissioner of the European Union after a conversation with Netflix chairman and CEO Reed Hastings tweeted:"To secure Internet access for all, let's #SwitchToStandard definition when HD is not necessary."
EU Internal Market and Services Commissioner Thierry Breton has asked the streaming giant to limit streaming of its films and TV series to standard definition, not high definition, or HD, streams, which require more online bandwidth, at peak times. Breton said he spoke with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings about the issue on Wednesday.
Breton, who served as CEO of France Telecom from 2002 until 2005, and Hastings discussed options to reduce internet congestion, such as a temporary automatic switch for streaming video users from high to standard definition during peak usage hours,"Streaming platforms, telecom operators and users, we all have a joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the internet during the battle against the virus propagation," Breton toldDespite concerns about...
In Italy, where the country has been on lockdown since early March, online traffic passing through Telecom Italia's national network has surged by more than two-thirds, the company said, with much of the extra activity due to online games, such as“We reported an increase of more than 70 percent of Internet traffic over our landline network, with a big contribution from online gaming such as Fortnite,” Telecom Italia Chief Executive Officer Luigi Gubitosi said on a call with analysts last...
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