This blog continues Cisco’s IP for Broadcasters blog series where we explore topics of interest to media companies and broadcasters that are transforming their strategy, network and capabilities. The ...

When a 4K video keeps buffering, a few simple tests can help narrow down the problem and determine whether network bandwidth or storage performance is to blame.

Run a hidden Netflix test, then Fast.com and Speedtest to unmask weird latency jumps and whether your living room or ISP is ...

Buffering might be the most annoying part of streaming, but a new study suggests the fix could be surprisingly simple. Rather than stopping your video to buffer, streaming platforms could slow it down ...

If you're a regular consumer of streaming movies, you've probably experienced a video that keeps buffering, rather than playing. If this is happening, you can try resetting your devices to see if your ...

Your computer processes data, stores it, and sends it to different peripherals and output devices. Computer science uses a few terms specific to this type of process: spooling, buffering and caching.

DENVER—Buffering video and poor-quality video can cost streaming services dearly—as much as $390 million per month, according to research from Bitmovin, a streaming infrastructure and adaptive ...

Because Roku media players are streaming devices, there may be times when video doesn't play smoothly. But if your Roku is frequently pausing playback to buffer, there's something wrong. Why your Roku ...

As data streaming continues to balloon out of control, managing the processing of that data is becoming more important and more difficult. Data buffering is gaining ground as a way to speed up the ...