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MTG Selects Limelight Networks and Adobe Flash Media Server 3 Software

Posted on: Thursday, 11 September 2008, 12:00 CDT

Limelight Networks, a developer of content delivery platform, has announced that M6 Web, the internet division of Metropole Television Group, has selected the company to stream live and on-demand content using Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software.

According to Limelight Networks, the new service 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.

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 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 seven 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.

Valery Gerfaud, CEO of M6 Web at Metropole Television Group (MTG), said: "We are pleased to work with Limelight Networks and Adobe to bring the revolutionary M6Replay service to our customers. The scale and reliability of Limelight Networks's 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."

Jim Guerard, vice president and general manager of dynamic media for Adobe, said: "We are pleased to add one of the largest content publishers in the world to the list of companies using Adobe Flash technology. Together with our longstanding partner Limelight Networks, Adobe is enabling M6 to bring high-quality internet television viewing experiences to millions of French viewers."

Source: Datamonitor

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