TOKYO, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: LLNW) today announced that the company will provide Live Event
Services for online broadcasts of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, the popular
Japanese league baseball team, delivered by RCC Broadcasting Company.
The live online broadcasts will begin on Friday 11 April with a game
between Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Chunichi Dragons. The company will broadcast
15 home games that are not planned for TV broadcast, and 10 additional games
that have previously been edited for time to fit into traditional broadcast TV
time slots. Plans are to also broadcast "Climax Series" and "Nippon Series"
playoff games if the Hiroshima Toyo Carp advance to those tournaments. Details
of the live broadcast schedule are available online at
http://shop.rcc.jp/douga/carp/index.htm.
The popular baseball games will be streamed in high definition at 768
kbps, using Windows Media Player and will be available for ADSL connections
and faster in the hope that many more Carp fans will be able to enjoy their
baseball games online as well. Limelight Networks has already supported a
March 2nd trial online broadcast between Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Saitama Seibu
Lions played at Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium.
RCC Broadcasting will monitor program traffic in near real-time using the
LimelightEXCHANGE Web-based reporting console. The company will also use
Limelight MediaVault to provide viewers with a one-time URL after a valid
registration on the RCC Broadcasting Website, allowing only authenticated
viewers to view the games.
About Limelight Networks
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 assures our customers that every object in their library will be
instantly delivered to every user, every time. For more information, visit
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Copyright (C) 2008 Limelight Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. All
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Editors Note: This is an English translation of an announcement originally
distributed in Japanese.
SOURCE Limelight Networks, Inc.
Contact: Mutsuko Saito of Limelight Networks Japan, +81-3-5771-4230, saito@llnw.com, or Paul Alfieri of Limelight Networks, Inc., +1-917-297-4241, palfieri@llnw.com