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Limelight Networks and tvCompass Team to Deliver Advanced Internet Services to Home Theater Viewers

Limelight Selected as Preferred Content Delivery Network for tvCompass’s Smart Remote™ High-End Internet Enabled Remote Controls

TEMPE, AZ and CHICAGO, IL – April 11, 2007 – Limelight Networks, a leading content delivery network for digital media, and tvCompass, Inc. today announced a preferred partner agreement under which Limelight will provide content delivery network services for tvCompass’ Smart Remote™ wireless handheld device. The Smart Remote is a premium home theater remote control with wireless connectivity to the Internet for downloading advanced services such as TV listing guides and pay-per-view services with video preview on the remote’s color LCD screen.

“The rapid adoption of new wireless home and entertainment devices is driving the demand for wireless interactive services and content,” stated Edward J. Zylka, CEO of tvCompass, Inc. “Our partnership with Limelight Networks provides a complete delivery platform for users to access sports, games, and music from a single remote control device, solidifying our position as a leading provider of interactive entertainment content via wireless devices.”

“tvCompass will leverage our high-capacity streaming capability and other services to deliver dynamic content to their Smart Remote devices, which redefine how home theater viewers interact with advertising and programming,” said Mike Sawyer, VP of Marketing for Limelight Networks. “Limelight Networks is a natural choice as the preferred content delivery network for all digital media delivered to tvCompass’s innovative IP-connected Smart Remote.”

As an original design manufacturer (ODM), tvCompass offers licensed product designs to accelerate the adoption of next generation “second screen” handheld devices for use with home entertainment systems. The company licenses its hardware and software technology and currently generates revenues from its click365™ wireless content network with applications and services delivered to the Smart Remote color LCD screen. The Smart Remote device is available through tvCompass OEMs such as byd:sign, a manufacturer of a high-performance HD-only flat panel TVs for the home theater market.

The Limelight services that tvCompass will leverage include Limelight Content Delivery, which provides HTTP distribution of all digital media formats, and Limelight Streaming Media, which provides on-demand and live streaming of all major formats, including Windows Media and Flash Video.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the company's operations and use of acquired technology and intellectual property. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, risks associated with the integration of acquired business operations and other risks described in the company’s quarter report on Form 10Q and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason

About Limelight Networks, Inc.

Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) provides on-demand software, platform and infrastructure services that help global businesses reach and engage audiences on any mobile or Internet-connected device, enabling them to enhance their brand presence, build stronger customer relationships, optimize their advertising, and monetize their digital assets. For more information, please visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/llnw/.

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