[GeneticGenesis]

That's not really innovative - other CDNs are already doing the fast first few segments and then slower/cheaper CDN once the buffer is built up. Hola CDN for example. https://holacdn.com/multicdn

Dynamic Manifest generation has been done for years, first by Unified Streaming, now by most companies.

[madeofpalk]

The innovative thing about Hola is that they're using people's computers that have their VPN software installed as PoPs.