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Clearcable launches CDN

HAMILTON - Clearcable Networks is launching its Canadian Content Distribution Network (CDN) and authentication services today.The new CDN offers television programmers and service providers “an alternative means to transmit and receive traditional linear digital content and live over-the-top streaming content across the country by employing a distributed network of edge caches that move live content closer to the subscriber network,” says the company’s press release.The service is aimed at new technology service providers and specialty or multicultural programmers who need a means to distribute content. The underlying technology, coupled with the company’s authentication services, “will enable locally-branded OTT portals that...