TEMPE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/27/09 --
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) today
announced the immediate availability of LimelightREACH(TM) and
LimelightADS(TM), two new services that provide turnkey capabilities for
customizing and monetizing media delivery in a mobile world. These new
solutions are based on technology from Kiptronic, which Limelight Networks
acquired in May 2009.
According to Nielsen(1), US consumers are watching more content per month
than ever before, and viewing is wide spread across three screens:
traditional television, Web browsers, and media-enabled mobile devices. As
audiences continue to fragment across devices, publishers need a simple way
to deliver content wherever those audiences go. LimelightREACH and
LimelightADS solve this problem by using contextual awareness and an
intelligent delivery platform to customize media assets on the fly. The
technology delivers a high-quality playback experience for consumers and
new targeted revenue opportunities for content publishers. This means
publishers can create content once, yet distribute and monetize it across
many networks and connected devices.
"Consumer viewing habits are evolving rapidly with the expectation that
media should be available not just at home, but on the go. As a result,
many of our customers are looking at aggressively expanding the reach of
their online media in the mobile arena," said Bill Loewenthal, vice
president and general manager, mobility and monetization solutions,
Limelight Networks. "Our solution is a combination of mobility products
and robust, media-grade infrastructure that provides the scale necessary to
support ever-growing audiences, and the field-proven success of mobile
infrastructure technologies that target and personalize media delivery."
LimelightREACH uses the company's intelligent global computing platform to
auto-detect end-user devices and deliver device-optimized media files, with
no change in the publishing process, for the best consumer media
experience. The solution enables publishers to distribute
properly-formatted content to almost any media-enabled mobile handset --
from early video-capable phones to smartphones such as the Apple iPhone(TM)
3GS or Palm Pre(TM) -- using a single, Universal URL. Based on an
ever-growing library of device profiles, LimelightREACH delivers the right
file over the right protocol and network to the specific device that
requested the content. Through an open architecture, LimelightREACH can be
paired with Limelight Networks' own media-grade content delivery service,
or service from other major CDN providers.
LimelightADS helps publishers move beyond the Web browser to reach
audiences in widgets, mobile applications, video games, and more. The
service allows publishers to present dynamic pre-, mid-, or post-roll video
and audio advertising into media that is delivered to mobile or connected
users. LimelightADS works seamlessly with a publisher's existing ad
insertion process, integrating directly into leading ad decision engines
like DoubleClick DART and Microsoft Atlas, and allowing publishers to
maintain any existing management interface for measuring ad success.
Publishers can change ads dynamically and even rotate multiple campaigns
and advertisers within the same content segment. With LimelightADS,
publishers remain in control, managing their ad sales and operations as
they always have -- whether they are using their own internal ad sales
teams or are working through a trusted partner. Limelight Networks
supports Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and Interactive Advertising
Bureau (IAB) mobile video standards.
For more information about LimelightREACH and LimelightADS, visit our new
mobile products web page
(http://www.llnw.com/infrastructure-services-content-delivery/mobile-advertising-video-ads/). To try LimelightREACH on your own mobile device,
text 'llnwmobile' to 64636(2). Some features described may be carrier,
network, coverage map, or SIM card dependant, or not available in all
areas.
Editors Note: There is an image accompanying the text of this announcement.
Please visit
http://www.limelightnetworks.com/2009/07/new-mobility-and-monetization-services.html to view.
(1) Nielsen A2/M2 Three Screen Report, First Quarter 2009
(2) Airtime, data charges, and/or additional charges may apply.
About Limelight Networks, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) is trusted by the world's most
innovative enterprise, entertainment, technology, and software brands to
improve the performance and profitability of web sites and end-user
experiences. Our scalable, on-demand managed infrastructure solutions
provide global reach and consistently high availability, by routing traffic
over a private fiber-optic backbone rather than through the
often-congested, unpredictable public Internet. For more information, visit
our web site (http://www.limelightnetworks.com), read our blog
(http://blog.llnw.com), or follow @llnw on Twitter.
Copyright © 2009 Limelight Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Limelight
Networks, LimelightREACH, and LimelightADS are trademarks of Limelight
Networks, Inc. Apple and iPhone are trademarks of Apple. Palm and Pre are
trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners.
CONTACT:
Paul Alfieri
Limelight Networks, Inc.
+1-917-297-4241
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