UPDATE: Netflix announces changes to bitrates
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The European Union's Internal Market and Services Commissioner, Thierry Breton, has called on streaming platforms such as Netflix and YouTube to take measures to prevent internet gridlock as the response to the Coronavirus places additional strain on communications networks. In a call placed Wednesday, he urged Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to serve only standard definition content to users in times of peak demand.
With vast numbers of people now working from home, and using video chat and digital messages to stay in touch with friends and family, and as users increase their time spent on streaming platforms, Breton said streamers' had a role to play in ensuring telecom operators weren't overwhelmed. "Streaming platforms, telecom operators and users, we all have a joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the internet during the battle against the virus propagation," Breton said, in a statement released after his call.
Netflix To Limit Streaming Quality For European Subscribers To Preserve Bandwidth During Coronavirus Crisis
EU Industry chief Thierry Breton put in a call to Netflix's CEO Reed Hastings to ask streamers to limit bandwidth usage as people stay home.
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