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Stutter-free streaming for live events and on-demand media

Movies, video, music, breaking news — your audiences can’t get enough and they can’t get it fast enough. Enter Limelight STREAM. Take advantage of our robust network and comprehensive streaming service to deliver rich media in the way that fits your unique business.

Whether your audiences are watching a feature film, tuning into a webcast, or listening to a live concert on the other side of the world, our robust CDN streams your content to them at the speed of light. The result? Immediate starts and smooth continuous play - even during intense traffic spikes, for the most enjoyable viewing and listening experience available online. And with Limelight STREAM and its capacity of 3.5 terabits per second (and growing), you can support audiences of any size, anywhere in the world.

Streaming is the best method for broadcasting live events, enabling global audiences to watch or listen in real time. It's also great for on-demand media, especially long-form content, because it starts playing within seconds and allows users to jump to any future point in the video or audio. And unlike other content delivery methods, streaming players don’t leave behind a file. Once the file is watched, it can’t be shared or replayed offline — crucial for scenarios such as pay-per-view, movie rentals, or distribution of proprietary information.

Support for today’s leading
streaming media platforms

With Limelight STREAM, you can choose live or on-demand streaming delivery of Microsoft Windows Media, Adobe Flash Video, and MP3 music and audio files, as well as the latest Smooth Streaming from Microsoft. Got Real Networks RealPlayer and Apple QuickTime media? We also support on-demand streaming for these popular formats.

Command and Control

You need data to analyze your operations. How many bits were delivered? How much bandwidth did your content consume? How many users did you serve and what files did they play? What is the relative popularity of each title? A flexible customer portal called Limelight CONTROL makes it easy to monitor every aspect of your streaming delivery. Additional options include Geo Reporting, Internet Health Monitor, Dynamic Origin, and hourly end-point performance measurements from Gomez.

Protected access to your content

Limelight Networks offers a highly scalable URL authentication option* that protects your content from authorized access. With Media Vault, your website generates a unique time-based URL to your content each time it’s requested by your visitors. Because the URL expires within minutes, your content and your bandwidth are protected from abuse by spiders, bots, and deep linking. Even if another site were to embed the link, it would no longer be functional — preventing others from publishing your content without your permission.

Media Vault allows you to set start and stop dates/times, perfect for time-sensitive content. And since each URL is unique to each user request, it can't be copied and emailed to unauthorized individuals. You can also limit access to a clock of IP addresses. Best of all, Media Vault controls don't result in server latency, thanks to a token-based system that avoids unwanted three-way handshakes, common to other methods of authentication.

* Not applicable for all formats and delivery types. Please contact Limelight Networks for details.

Specifications
Smooth Streaming • On-demand streaming – Limelight Networks origin – Customer origin, requires Internet Information Server (IIS) 7 • Full support for Silverlight; free sample code included • Encoder: Full version of Expression Encoder 3 Windows Media • On-demand streaming: – Origin: Limelight Networks or customer – Support for CNAMEs, variable bit rates (VBRs) and multiple bit rates (MBRs) – Support for URL authentication and IP address verification • Live streaming: Support for push or pull delivery • Encoders supported: Microsoft Encoder, Microsoft Windows Media Server, and Digital Rapids • Protocols supported: HTTP, RTSP, and MMS	Flash Video • On-demand streaming: – Storage location: Limelight Networks or customer – Support for bandwidth detection • Live streaming: Support for push delivery only (VP6, Spark, and H.264) • Dynamic Streaming for both live and on-demand streams • Encoders supported: On2 Flix, Sorenson, Adobe, and Digital Rapids • File types supported: FLV, H.264 (F4V, MP4, 3GPP, MPEG-4), MP3, and AAC(+) • Mobile: Streaming delivery to Adobe Flash Lite 3 • Protocols supported: RTMP, RTMPT (HTTP tunnel), RTMPE, (secure streaming), and RTMPTE RealPlayer • Support for on-demand streaming (Limelight Networks origin only) • Protocol supported: RTSP QuickTime • Support for on-demand streaming (Limelight Networks origin only) • Protocol supported: RTSP (files need to be hinted) MP3 • Support for both on-demand and live streaming(on-demand delivery via Flash service) • Support for push delivery only • Protocols supported: MP3, ACC, AAC+, and Ogg Vorbis