[November 11, 2009] Research and Markets: CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) Cap Ex Investment Is Forecast To Rise 9.2% To $149 Million In 2009 Tweet DUBLIN --(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6295be/cdn_2010_revenue) has announced the addition of the "CDN 2010: Revenue, R&D, Cap Ex and Operational Analytics" report to their offering. CDN 2010: Revenue, R & D, Cap Ex and Operational Analytics provides comprehensive market performance metrics for each CDN, including MRR, total accounts, revenue, servers, cap ex, R & D initiatives, share of and penetration into video content verticals (pro video views by site and category), video advertising, Internet radio and UGV. CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) are realizing another year of double-digit revenue growth in 2009, writing new contracts at a 23.3% pace above 2008, powering top line revenue forecasts up 16.4% to $1.37 billion across the segment. The U.S. market currently generates an estimated 55.8% of the global CDN total, though international traffic is now increasing at a faster rate than its domestic counterpart. In a year of steep bandwidth price declines at transit and retail provisioning levels, CDNs are managing margins by relentlessly driving down costs, focusing on network operations efficiencies even while pivoting toward the future: cap ex investment is forecast to rise 9.2% to $149 million in 2009. R & D is targeting new and expanding business areas including whole site delivery, dynamic content, "live" video, HD, mobile/iPhone (News - Alert), non-PC devices, adaptive bit rate streaming, and support for Microsoft's Smooth Streaming solution. Average MRR is forecast to fall for the first time in 2009, by 5.5% to $10,491. Bandwidth costs (transit, co-location, power) make up the largest component (65%) of each retail contract, 59% of COGS. Of the 22.5 billion professional video views served during 2009, Akamai (News - Alert) delivered 31.9%, Limelight Networks 12% and Level 3 11.2%. Additional CDNs analyzed include CD Networks, Velocix, Liquid Compass, Abacast, Mirror Image, Edgecast Networks, Highwinds (News - Alert), BitGravity, Cotendo, Internap among others. Key Topics Covered: Executive Summary CDN 2010: Revenue, R & D, Cap Ex and Operational Performance Analytics Section One Introduction and 2009-2010 Overview Section Two CDN Entertainment and Media Market Performance Analytics 2009 Section Three CDN Revenue, Account Share and Operational Analytics Section Four Pro Video Delivery Share: 2009 Section Five UGV Maturing Into a Highly Concentrated, Predominately Self-Hosting Segment Section Six TSL Forecast at 7.9 Billion Hours in 2009; 30% Delivered by CDN Section Seven Q & A Companies Mentioned: Abacast Akamai Bitgravity CD Networks Cotendo Edgecast Networks Highwinds Level 3 Communications (News - Alert) Limelight Networks Liquid Compass Mirror Image Nokeena Octoshape Swarmcast Velocix Wowza Media Systems For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6295be/cdn_2010_revenue [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]