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Akamai Apple Opportunity? Bulls And Bears Have At It

Akamai Technologies has a big play in Internet video, says Deutsche Bank, which joins other bullish Wall Street analysts on the CDN provider’s long-term market opportunity with Apple (AAPL) and others. Website Streaming Media, however, says sell-side views that Akamai has a big payday coming from Apple’s launch of a Web TV service are misguided. Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai (AKAM) is the biggest provider of CDN (content delivery network) services

Akamai Web TV Payoff Seen ‘Late 2015 And Into 2016’

The payoff for Akamai Technologies’ (AKAM) hike in capital spending will come in “late 2015 and into 2016” when customers, presumably including Apple, launch Internet video services, says an analyst. The uncertain timing of Apple’s (AAPL) Web TV, or OTT, launch has been an overhang on Akamai’s stock. “As more OTT (over-the-top) offerings hit the market in late 2015 and into 2016, the revenue associated with this incremental traffic can allow

Akamai CDN Rival Fastly Taps More Venture Funding

Fastly, a content delivery network (CDN) rival to Akamai Technologies (AKAM), raised $75 million in a new venture capital funding round, bringing the San Francisco-based startup’s total to $130 million. Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai is the biggest provider of CDN services to media and entertainment companies, mainly providing video streaming. Its technology also speeds up e-commerce transactions and business software downloads. Startups are often