Limelight Networks Brings Live Action of World’s Largest Sporting Events to Global Fans
Streaming its ninth major live sporting event this year, Limelight Networks enables leading broadcasters to maximize their digital presence across multiple devices and geographies
Phoenix, Ariz.(26 Jul 2012)
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW “Limelight”), the global leader in Digital Presence Management, today announced that several leading broadcasters from around the world are relying on Limelight to bring live action of this summer’s games to millions of sports fans. This marks the ninth major set of live sporting events that Limelight has delivered this year. Limelight’s Orchestrate Digital Presence Platform, an integrated suite of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) applications that leverage Limelight’s scalable, high-performance global network, allows broadcasters to manage, deliver, and optimize all aspects of their digital presence across web, mobile, social, and large screen channels.
This summer’s games are expected to drive more online and mobile views than any live sporting event to date. Interxion has released the findings of a survey, conducted by YouGov, in which 1 in 5 respondents said they plan on watching the games online. Also, according to TechBargains, 46 percent of surveyed consumers will watch the games on their laptops, while 31% will watch on their tablets and 27% via their smartphones.
· Streamline the process of uploading, managing, publishing, monetizing, and delivering live streaming videos to multiple devices
· Deliver high quality video without buffering or delays
· Maximize viewing experiences for the specific device requesting content
· Monetize online and mobile videos using pre-roll ads and post roll ads
· Ensure optimal site performance regardless of traffic spikes or viewer location
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:LLNW) is a global leader in Digital Presence Management. Limelight's Orchestrate Digital Presence Platform is an integrated suite of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, which allows organizations to optimize all aspects of their online digital presence across web, mobile, social, and large screen channels. Orchestrate leverages Limelight’s scalable, high-performance global network to offer advanced features for: web content management; website personalization; content targeting; online video publishing; mobile enablement and monetization; content delivery; transcoding; and cloud storage – combined with social media integration and powerful analytics. Limelight’s team of digital presence experts helps organizations streamline processes and optimize business results across all customer interaction channels to deliver exceptional multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive revenue, and enhance their customer relationships – all while reducing costs. For more information, please visit www.limelight.com, and be sure to follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/llnw.