Facebook Lowers Video Quality In Latin America, Following Europe (reuters.com) 10
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Facebook will lower video streaming quality on its platform and on Instagram in Latin America, replicating measures adopted in Europe, to ease network congestion in a region that is starting to feel the grip of the coronavirus. On Sunday, the world's largest social network followed the steps of Netflix, Alphabet's YouTube, Amazon and Walt Disney in response to a call by the European Union to stave off internet gridlock as thousands of people work from home due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Brazilian streaming platform GloboPlay, owned by the country's largest TV channel, announced that video streaming in 4K and Full High Definition would be temporarily suspended as of Monday to preserve Brazil's internet infrastructure and allow more people to access its contents. Asked about future plans to lower streaming quality in Brazil, like it did in Europe, Netflix said it "will continue to work with internet service providers and governments all over the world and will apply these changes in other places if necessary." Local telecoms regulator Anatel has signed a commitment pact with carriers and other providers to keep Brazilians connected during the coronavirus outbreak, creating a crisis committee to coordinate actions and monitor data traffic and the network capacity.
Brazilian streaming platform GloboPlay, owned by the country's largest TV channel, announced that video streaming in 4K and Full High Definition would be temporarily suspended as of Monday to preserve Brazil's internet infrastructure and allow more people to access its contents. Asked about future plans to lower streaming quality in Brazil, like it did in Europe, Netflix said it "will continue to work with internet service providers and governments all over the world and will apply these changes in other places if necessary." Local telecoms regulator Anatel has signed a commitment pact with carriers and other providers to keep Brazilians connected during the coronavirus outbreak, creating a crisis committee to coordinate actions and monitor data traffic and the network capacity.
The ads (Score:1)
Re: (Score:2)
I thought they had a much better and high quality internet system rolled out to their citizens than we do in the states...?
Is it all just higher speed over there, but not as robust on the sustained bandwidth?
Pixel counting (Score:2)
You know, I'm no connoisseur of picture quality... in part because I don't have a yearning to see every wart, and, thankfully, I don't have 20/20 vision to start with.
And hell, lowering video quality is what saves the nightclubs. Everyone is more attractive on the winning side of alcohol consumption and dim lighting.
Fuck FaceBook (Score:2)
Straining at gnats (Score:2)
The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.
-- W. Allen
SYSCO & CISCO (Score:2)
Turn off your camera in Zoom and Slack. (Score:2)
No real need for it.