Leading CDN vendor named winner of the Outstanding New Product/Service Award at the 2015 Global Business Excellence Awards

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Limelight Networks, Inc. (“Limelight”) (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader in digital content delivery, today announced that the Limelight Orchestrate™ (“Orchestrate”) solution for Media and Broadcasters has won the 2015 Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding New Product/Service. These awards recognize and reward business excellence throughout the world.

“With the demand for online video content set to double by 2018, Limelight provides a solution for broadcasters that will automatically convert content into the required format for optimal viewing across mobile, desktop, hand-held and other devices,” said the chairman of judges. “In the fast-moving digital market, the Orchestrate solution for Media and Broadcasters is just what’s needed to provide broadcast quality content to every device.”

“Having the Orchestrate solution for Media and Broadcasters recognized as Outstanding New Product/Service by the Global Business Excellence Awards is a testament to our commitment to provide broadcast quality video on any device worldwide,” said Nigel Burmeister, vice president of product and solutions marketing at Limelight. “We are proud to be recognized by the judging panel for our commitment to help our customers broadcast news and sporting events programs, including live events, seamlessly to their viewers.”

The Global Business Excellence Awards program prides itself on having a large panel of independent expert judges who select winners according to strict criteria for each category and sector; focusing on financial results, innovation, customer, employee, investor and community benefits.

About Limelight

Limelight Networks Inc., (NASDAQ: LLNW) a global leader in digital content delivery, empowers customers to better engage online audiences by enabling them to securely manage and globally deliver digital content, on any device. The company’s award winning Limelight Orchestrate™ platform includes an integrated suite of content delivery technology and services that helps organizations secure digital content, deliver exceptional multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive revenue, and enhance customer relationships — all while reducing costs. For more information, please visit www.limelight.com, read our blog, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and be sure to visit Limelight Connect.

About the Global Business Excellence Awards

The Global Business Excellence Awards are open to private, public and third sector organisations of all sizes, based in any country around the world. Entrants to the Global Business Excellence Awards do not have to be operating globally to enter the awards, entries are judged against other entries from the same country. There are four rounds each year with quarterly deadlines being the last working day of February, May, August and November and winners for each round hold their title for twelve months. Visit http://www.gbeawards.com/ for further information.

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Source: Limelight Networks, Inc.