The platform thus responds to a request made on Wednesday by the Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, during their meeting in Brussels.
We must ease the pressure on the internet during the coronavirus crisis. Netflix has thus decided to reduce the bit rates on all its flows in Europe for 30 days, announced Thursday, March 19, its CEO Reed Hasting. “Netflix has decided to start reducing the bit rates on all of our streams in Europe for 30 days. We estimate that this will reduce Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25% while ensuring good quality service to our members “Reed Hasting said in a statement.
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The CEO of Netflix responds to a request made Wednesday by the Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton during their meeting in Brussels. Thierry Breton on Wednesday called on broadcast platforms and operators to take measures to facilitate remote working and online education during the period of confinement imposed in European countries to combat the spread of Covid19.
Containment requirements and telework have increased demand for Internet capacity, the commissioner said on Wednesday. Thierry Breton asked the streaming platforms to “cooperate with telecommunications providers to adapt video streaming through temporarily offering standard definition rather than high definition, taking into account the most critical working hours”.
