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Limelight Networks® Provides PBS With Content Delivery Platform for Member Stations

TEMPE, AZ–(Marketwire - March 26, 2009) - Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW)today announced that PBS will use the Company’s scalable, network-based delivery infrastructure to help provide local PBS viewers with a rich media experience that will offer access to live streaming and on-demand content produced nationally as well as locally.

“This relationship with Limelight Networks will help PBS and our member stations offer extensive video programming online,” said Jason Seiken, senior vice president of PBS Interactive.

PBS is comprised of 356 member stations, reaching more than 115 million people on-air and online. This relationship between Limelight Networks and PBS will help ensure local stations, even those with limited resources, have the opportunity to more widely distribute their original content online, bringing more value to their users than ever before. It will also help provide viewers with access to national content directly from the website of their local PBS station. Stations already using the new platform include KPSD South Dakota, WNET New York, and WQED Pittsburgh.

“As audiences continue to use the Internet as a means to enjoy video on-demand, it is important that television networks prepare their sites accordingly to meet that demand for content,” said David Hatfield, senior vice president, Limelight Networks, Inc. “We’re excited to be working with PBS on a national and local level to provide on-demand resources that can quickly scale to accommodate broadcast-quantity audiences, while providing the best viewing experience possible.”

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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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