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Apple (AAPL) is developing its own content delivery network, which might be just what the doctor ordered for its flagging Apple TV set-top box sales. Market research firm Strategy Analytics on Tuesday said Apple’s TV sales growth has slowed significantly this year in the face of increased competition from the likes of Amazon.com (AMZN) and Google (GOOGL). Apple’s market share in OTT (over-the-top) video streaming has dropped to 27% from 38% in 2012, says Strategy Analytics in a report released Tuesday. The research firm forecasts that global OTT streamer unit shipments will top 35 million in 2014, up from about 15 million in 2012 and about 24 million last year. Apple quietly launched its own CDN last week, according to a blog post at StreamingMedia.com by Dan Rayburn, a Frost & Sullivan analyst. Apple has been a customer of CDN leader Akamai Technologies (AKAM), whose stock slipped late last… Scalper1 News
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