John Agger
Principal Industry Marketing Manager, Media & Entertainment, Fastly
John Agger is Fastly’s Principal Industry Marketing Manager, Media & Entertainment. He has been involved with digital media for more than two decades with a strong focus on publishing and streaming media workflows. In his role, John works with key strategic accounts to bring awareness of Fastly’s increasing product line as they relate to M&E. Over the course of his career, John has also worked for Adobe, Dolby, IBM, and Ericsson on go-to-market strategies, awareness and sustainability.
Fastly’s Edge Cloud Industry Reports: A Year in Review
John Agger
Explore our industry reports on edge cloud strategies, addressing performance and security challenges. Unlock innovative solutions for common business challenges.
Security and Bot Management is Crucial for eCommerce During Back-to-School Sales
John Agger
Strengthen your eCommerce site's security to protect customer information and maintain trust with back-to-school shoppers.
Improving your WebSocket stack
John Agger
Websocket limitations can be costly and inefficient if you want to push a lot of real-time content. Discover how Websockets paired with Fastly Fanout improves real-time communication.
Three industry developments to track at NAB 2023
John Agger
Here are three big media & entertainment industry developments to follow at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2023.
Delivering Super Bowl for more than a decade -- and breaking records in the process
John Agger
2023 marks the 11th year of Fastly’s involvement in the Super Bowl. Back in 2013, we secured dedicated bandwidth to online businesses advertising throughout the game. However, since 2018 Fastly has been actively involved in delivering the live Super Bowl stream from broadcasters to millions of online viewers around the globe.
Streaming Continued to Grow in 2022, With Some Surprises
John Agger
Here are the main trends (and a few surprises) Fastly encountered in streaming in 2022, and what we expect in the future.
The Importance of Multi-CDN in Two Charts
John Agger
When content delivery networks (CDNs) garner coverage in the media, it's almost always because of an outage. Yet, outages are not a major reason to move to adopt multiple CDNs.
A closer look at low latency delivery
John Agger
Latency — the lag between when the packet leaves the streaming source and when it arrives at the consumer’s device — takes many forms, with the most common being lag, dropped frames, buffering, and with that reduced video quality.
Five ways to make your CDN work harder for you
Chris Buckley, John Agger
There are many more well-documented reasons to make a CDN part of your distribution. In this blog post we examine some lesser-known rationales to help you scale and improve your business.
Live sports delivery challenges conquered | Fastly
John Agger
With zero tolerance for rebuffering and streams that scale from zero to massive in no time, the stakes are unusually high, making live sport the most demanding content type to deliver, requiring both flexibility and resiliency.
Modern CDN for Digital Publishing
John Agger
The key to customer retention is serving the most up-to-date content instantly, personalizing that content for readers, and ensuring online experiences are responsive, safe, and secure. Here are three ways a modern content delivery network, or CDN, can help you do just that.
When do you need low-latency HTTP live streaming?
John Agger
Low-latency live streaming is more relevant than ever. New user experiences, like quizzes and real-time voting, built around content and entertainment must be available with little to no delay. In this post, we look at the business cases that warrant low-latency HTTP live streaming.
Seven tips to improve live streaming
John Agger
At Fastly, we’ve helped some of the world’s leading broadcasters and content owners deliver live events that scale from local news to the very largest sporting events. And we’ve learned a thing or two along the way. Check out our seven tips for live streaming success.