Abstract
Streaming live content to mobile terminals has become prevalent. While there are extensive measurement studies of nonmobile live streaming (and in particular P2P live streaming) and video-on-demand (both mobile and non-mobile), user behavior in mobile live streaming systems is yet to be explored. This paper relies on over 4 million access logs collected from the PPTV live streaming system to study the viewing behavior and user activity pattern, with emphasis on the discrepancies that might exist when users access the live streaming system catalog from mobile and non-mobile terminals. We observe high rates of abandoned viewing sessions for mobile users and identify different reasons of that behavior for 3G- and WiFi-based views. We further examine the structure of abandoned sessions due to connection performance issues from the perspectives of time of day and mobile device types. To understand the user pattern, we analyze user activity distribution, user geographical distribution as well as user arrival/departure rates.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | WWW 2015 Companion |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web |
Place of Publication | New York, NY |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 307-313 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450334730 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 May 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 24th International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2015 - Florence, Italy Duration: 18 May 2015 → 22 May 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 24th International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Florence |
Period | 18/05/15 → 22/05/15 |
Keywords
- Mobile live streaming
- User activity
- Viewing behavior