Akamai accelerates Netflix-like video services and game downloads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2017
Updated June 20, 2025
2 min

Akamai Technologies announced it has a new technology to improve the viewing experience for people who watch over-the-top video services (such as Netflix). Akamai Media Acceleration, available today, is also able to accelerate video game and software downloads, which can be a huge chore for anyone who tries digital downloads.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai said the new Akamai Media Acceleration marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Akamai’s content delivery capabilities in moving to a consumer-centric approach to online video and software distribution. Technology is integrated directly into consumer applications to optimize the experience for each individual end user.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.