That's not really innovative - other CDNs are already doing the fast first few segments and then slower/cheaper CDN once the buffer is built up. Hola CDN for ex

That's not really innovative - other CDNs are already doing the fast first few segments and then slower/cheaper CDN once the buffer is built up. Hola CDN for example. https://holacdn.com/multicdn https://holacdn.com/multicdn Dynamic Manifest generation has been done for years, first by Unified Streaming, now by most companies.