The CastUP Global Network (CGN) is a worldwide Content Distribution Network (CDN), based on proprietary software systems and robust hardware servers stationed in multiple sites per country around the United States, Europe, Russia, and Israel.
CastUP's CGN service is available for companies seeking to deliver video to their users around the world, without building a dedicated and costly proprietary CDN.
These companies use the CGN service and in addition can purchase dedicated customer side appliance products, which integrate seamlessly with the CGN.
The CGN service offers the advantages available in the stand alone Nile System, such as state of the art load balancing, automatic media distribution, server side trans-coding, content management and customer policy management, digital rights management (DRM), detailed usage statistics, and integrated billing and customer account management.
The core streaming technologies supported by CGN include Microsoft Media, Real Media, QuickTime and other streaming technologies.