Modernizing P2P for OTT: Real-World Lessons in SSAI and Speed

Hybrid P2P-CDN delivery saw significant growth between 2010 and 2020, driven by the rapid adoption of the WebRTC DataChannel API in browsers. P2P delivery enables more efficient content distribution at a lower cost, reduces overall power consumption, and improves peak traffic management. However, since the last decade, streaming technologies have rapidly evolved, introducing enhanced security, personalized content, new use cases, and lower latency, making it more challenging to maintain a plugin on the client side. The question now is: how can we maintain efficient P2P delivery in 2025 while meeting modern requirements such as DRM, SSAI, CMCD, Token, low latency, content steering, and native mobile applications? In this presentation, we will demonstrate how we successfully integrated P2P delivery into modern OTT platforms, share the challenges we encountered by focusing on low latency and SSAI, and share real-world insights from production deployments.