Bell unveils new, faster content delivery network

MONTREAL – Bell has launched a new content delivery network that it says offers faster access to on-line videos and applications while boosting website performance.The Bell Content Delivery Network (CDN) is the first such service in Canada run over a dedicated, network-based IP infrastructure, the company said. It has signed Astral Media's television networks, including family.ca, themovienetwork.ca and superecran.com, as some of its first clients. "Video streaming is a key feature of our websites and we see great benefit in a service that can efficiently deliver video content on-line without the need to increase server and network infrastructure overhead," said Barbara Bailie,...