TEMPE, Ariz., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight Networks(R)
(Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading content delivery network (CDN) for digital media,
announced today that Ripe Digital Entertainment, a leader in video-on-demand
digital entertainment distribution, advertising and production, has selected
Limelight as the CDN for its three on-demand networks, RipeTV(R), OctaneTV and
FlowTV. By utilizing Limelight's global content delivery network, Ripe
Digital Entertainment (RDE) is able to provide its users with the highest
quality experience for media and advertising content made available on Ripe's
multi-platform distribution system.
RDE creates, produces and distributes digital entertainment and
advertising content through its three unique networks geared towards young
adult men. Reaching an audience of over 8 million unique viewers per month on
broadband alone, RDE simultaneously leverages content distributed via cable On
Demand, broadband and wireless platforms, as well as through multiple
distribution partners.
Limelight Networks' global CDN ensures scalable, high performance content
delivery and enables RDE viewers to access media files without issues inherent
with standard Internet distribution. Limelight's robust network is designed
for rich media objects and large audiences, and will not stall even when
providing large files or during intense spikes in viewership. By increasing
the speed at which videos can be accessed, viewers can spend more time
watching videos and less time waiting for the media to queue up. Limelight's
CDN reporting also helps RDE track and understand metrics and measurement of
audience viewership and content delivery.
"By engaging Limelight Networks as our CDN, we are able to provide video
files four times larger and with better picture quality than we were
previously capable of offering," said Ryan Magnussen, chief executive officer
of Ripe Digital Entertainment. "This translates into real business value for
us, as we're now able to attract even more viewers with our improved user
experience and provide our advertisers with an accurate snapshot of how their
messages are speaking to the vibrant, young audience they want to reach."
"Ripe Digital Entertainment's core audience is made up of a tech-savvy
generation of users with high expectations for a rich, interactive media
experience on the Internet," said Dave Hatfield, senior vice president of
worldwide sales and marketing of Limelight Networks. "Limelight's CDN
scalability and reporting capabilities allow us to provide RDE complete
flexibility in delivering their content and help keep them on track to
achieving their business and entertainment goals."
About Ripe Digital Entertainment (RDE)
A leader in on-demand digital entertainment and the first to develop a
multi-platform video network, Ripe Digital Entertainment
(http://www.ripedigital.com) aggregates and produces short-form programming
targeted to young adult audiences with simultaneous distribution over cable,
broadband and wireless platforms. Since introducing RipeTV(R) in 2005, RDE has
launched two additional networks, OctaneTV and FlowTV, with content available
on over 100 million television, computer and mobile screens nationwide. RDE
pioneered Connective Advertising(R) to give marketers and viewers an enhanced
video experience across all platforms. RDE networks can be found on Time
Warner and Comcast OnDemand and online at http://www.ripetv.com,
http://www.octanetv.com and http://www.flow.tv.
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks is a high-performance content delivery network for
digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for
on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games, software and
social media. Limelight Networks' infrastructure is optimized for the large
object sizes, large content libraries, and large audiences associated with
compelling rich media content. Limelight is the content delivery network of
choice for over 1,000 companies, including many of the world's top Internet,
media and entertainment companies, including Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony
Playstation 3, Akimbo, Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo Interactive, Brightcove,
"BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, ITV Play,
MSNBC.com, NC Interactive and Valve. For more information, visit
http://www.llnw.com.
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SOURCE Limelight Networks
Contact: Stacy Freeman of Ripe Digital Entertainment, +1-323-931-3300, Stacy@ripedigital.com; or Kristen Leon of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-415-547-7027, kristenl@waggeneredstrom.com, for Limelight Networks