With the massive proliferation of both video services and number of devices capable of consuming high quality video, the question of whether or not a cable operator should deploy a multiscreen environment is now one of survival rather than just opportunity.
This paper addresses 2 main areas of complexity:
1/ The use of HTTP Adaptive Streaming frameworks and their associated protocols in a distributed network environments
2/ The scaling of a management architecture to support this huge increase in both sessions, and traffic, and possible routes to further monetization