AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight
Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq: LLNW) today announced that M6 Web, the Internet
division of Metropole Television Group, has selected the company to stream
live and on-demand content using Adobe(R) Flash(R) Media Server 3 software.
Limelight and M6 Web worked together earlier this year to make the Euro2008
soccer tournament available online throughout France.
"We are pleased to work with Limelight Networks and Adobe to bring the
revolutionary M6Replay service to our customers," said Valery Gerfaud,
Metropole, CEO M6 Web. "The scale and reliability of Limelight Networks'
content delivery offering, combined with the reliability and quality of Adobe
Flash technology, provides us with a solid foundation to build an unparalleled
user experience."
The new service, located at http://www.M6Replay.fr, will let French
viewers "catch up" on television programming they may have missed, by making
replays for popular programs available online, including Prison Break, NCIS,
and others. Shows will be streamed using Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software
via the LimelightSTREAM service. By using Adobe Flash technology, Metropole is
tapping into the number one format for video on the web, with 73% of online
videos worldwide viewed using Adobe's popular technology*.
Limelight's use of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software means that
customers can expect nearly double the previous performance than previous
versions, as well as industry-standard H.264 video codec and AAC+ audio codec
support, and increased protection for streamed media. In addition, streaming
performance gains in the latest version of Adobe Flash Media Server are
significant, allowing more streams and more users per server, helping to lower
overall deployment costs.
Limelight Networks will also store the past 7 days of content in its
highly secured data centers throughout Europe using Limelight MediaVault for
Adobe Flash Media Server 3. Limelight MediaVault protects content from abuse
by spiders, bots, and deep linking by enabling customers to generate a unique
URL for the location of their content. These URLs can be set to expire after a
certain period of time, so that even if another site were to embed the link,
it would no longer be functional. Additionally, M6 will use Limelight's
geocompliance technologies to ensure content is only delivered to viewers in
regions where M6 has rights to deliver it.
"We are pleased to add one of the largest content publishers in the world
to the list of companies using Adobe Flash technology," said Jim Guerard, vice
president and general manager of Dynamic Media for Adobe. "Together with our
longstanding partner Limelight Networks, Adobe is enabling M6 to bring
high-quality Internet television viewing experiences to millions of French
viewers."
"The lines between offline television and online viewing are blurring, and
the M6 Replay service is the latest example of publishers embracing the
Internet as a viable delivery mechanism," said David Hatfield, senior vice
president of products, marketing, and sales, Limelight Networks, Inc. "By
combining industry-leading support for Adobe Flash technologies with our
global scale and European presence, Limelight Networks is providing a
world-class platform for M6 to deliver this unique experience."
About Metropole Television Group
Created in 1987 with the channel M6, Metropole Television Group now offers
a wide range of products and services multi-media. In television, it affects
large audiences through its family of channels organized around M6, second
commercial channel market, and complements each other in terms editorials.
Attendance on as many broadcast platforms, channels ensure enhance the content
of the group with viewers. With its brands and audiovisual products, the M6
group has developed gradually many activities diversification which today
almost half of its turnover. With the "digital revolution", it is now firmly
entered into new technologies such as mobile phone or the Internet, while
still present in the press, cinema, video.
About Limelight Networks, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) is a content delivery partner
enabling the next wave of Internet business and entertainment. More than 1300
Internet, entertainment, software, and technology brands trust our robust,
scalable platform to monetize their digital assets by delivering a brilliant
online experience to their global audience. Our architecture bypasses the busy
public Internet using a dedicated optical network that interconnects thousands
of servers and delivers massive files at the speed of light -- directly to the
access networks that consumers use every day. Our proven network and passion
for service provides our customers confidence that every object in their
library will be delivered to every user, every time. Read our blog at
http://blog.llnw.com or visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com for more
information.
*Source: June 2008 data from independent research firm comScore.
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Contact: Paul Alfieri of Limelight Networks, Inc., +1-917-297-4241, palfieri@llnw.com