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Articles by Alexander Leschinsky
Safeguarding your video content
by Alexander Leschinsky, February 20, 2024
The implementation of robust protection measures not only safeguards your video content but also preserves the trust of your audience and partners. Get an overview of the use of geo-protection, token authentication, media encryption, DRM, watermarking, and identity & access management.
Time-based Video Markers
by Alexander Leschinsky, November 24, 2023
Time-based markers in videos guide your audience through the large amount of content, even if it's sometimes just to find a good moment for 'Peetime'.
Feedback on EBU Recommendation R159 "Procurement of Interoperable Content Delivery Networks"
by Alexander Leschinsky, September 28, 2023
How to Buy Media CDN Services as a Public Broadcaster? Based on a quarter-century of experience in selling, implementing, and managing CDN contracts, we'd like to share some feedback on the recently published European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Recommendation R 159.
Alexander Leschinsky at the headquarters of Akamai Technologies
by Alexander Leschinsky, October 13, 2022
13 October 2022 via LinkedIn: G&L Managing Director and Co-Founder Alexander Leschinsky about his meeting with Tom Leighton (CEO and Co-Founder Akamai) at Akamai headquarters in Cambridge.
"Challenges of public service broadcasting in distribution via the internet" – an interview
by Alexander Leschinsky, December 5, 2018
At IBC 2018, the company Akamai asked me to discuss the particular challenges faced by ARD, ZDF and Deutsche Welle in distributing their radio and television channels over the internet as ...
How content providers delight users: live streams in TV quality
by Alexander Leschinsky, September 28, 2017
Formula 1, Champions League, the company's corporate event – when the future of television goes online, the users' demands move with it. Picture drop-outs, delays or even interruptions – no ...