A one-page checklist to work through before taking a streaming service into a new region: map where viewers really are and which regions are long-tail for you, choose the per-region delivery tactic that keeps bytes closest (anycast/GeoDNS, embedded ISP cache, IXP peering, regional/multi-CDN blend), separate the three geographies (delivery vs data residency under GDPR Ch. V / 242-FZ / PIPL vs rights geo-blocking), plan submarine-cable resilience, and the one sanity check that keeps a fast launch
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Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From ABR and CDNs to Players, WebRTC, DRM, and the Economics of Streaming
This checklist prepares a streaming service for a new region: where viewers are, per-region delivery tactics from GeoDNS to ISP caches, and data residency versus rights geography. Volume 3 covers this in depth: CDNs and caching, multi-CDN delivery, QoE monitoring and the economics of streaming. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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