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Sep 25, 2023 · Operations

How Player-Level Tweaks Can Slash Video On-Demand Costs by Up to 20%

This article explains how video on‑demand cost is dominated by CDN bandwidth, how player‑side optimizations—such as reducing cache waste, using dynamic buffering levels, smarter range requests, precise preloading, and resolution adjustments—can cut bandwidth by 8% and overall costs by 20% while preserving user experience.