{"id":6080,"date":"2013-02-04T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2013-02-05T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T14:40:52","slug":"super-dip-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6080","title":{"rendered":"Super dip in traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VMhU73\" target=\"_blank\">blog post, Sandvine announced<\/a> that for the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was seen as an event that led to a 15% reduction in overall internet traffic, despite being available as a streaming video feed for United States viewers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betterbroadbandblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SuperBowl-Total.png\" width=\"412\" height=\"227\" \/>The blog <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/VMhU73\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> &#8220;Sandvine\u2019s traffic statistics have showed continued growth in adoption of live streamed sports events, but for the time being it is no threat to replace viewing via traditional broadcast methods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Sandvine observed, for the Super Bowl, it makes sense that most people would prefer to watch the game on large screen HDTVs.<\/p>\n<p>After this is live event TV &#8211; an unofficial holiday when so many of us gather with friends, eating massive quantities of foods that we swore off a month ago in our New Year&#8217;s Resolutions. Broadcasting is the right technology for such content distribution.<\/p>\n<p>But how many of us had narrow band sidebar checks at different parts of the game, trying to look up different statistics in order to provide our own colour commentary? Perhaps you checked your mobile device after the second half kick-off return for a record breaking touchdown run.<\/p>\n<p>What role did the internet play in your Super Bowl viewing experience?<\/p>\n<p>Sandvine CEO Dave Caputo will be speaking at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Cts13\" target=\"_blank\">The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a> on a panel looking at Business Models in a Converged World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a blog post, Sandvine announced that for the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was seen as an event that led to a 15% reduction in overall internet traffic, despite being available as a streaming video feed for United States viewers. The blog says &#8220;Sandvine\u2019s traffic statistics have showed continued growth in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6080\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Super dip in traffic<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Super dip in traffic &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a blog post, Sandvine announced that for the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was seen as an event that led to a 15% reduction in overall internet &#8226; 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