Three years ago, video QoE analytics specialist NPAW decided to dip its toes into a realm not exclusively related to monitoring, introducing a multi-CDN alternating tool called CDN Balancer—the vendor’s only product to take action on measured data. Upon the launch of the service, NPAW claimed that its multi-CDN balancing technology was the only one on the market capable of detecting video performance issues and consumption patterns to optimize video delivery by user, region, and device—claims that Faultline rapidly debunked. At IBC 2024, a very similar proposition to NPAW’s was promoted by fellow Barcelona-based Agile Content (acquirer of the Edgeware CDN in 2020), with its CDN Director product, aided with cloud performance optimization services from GlobalDots. The tool triggers automatic…