Akamai for m_e

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THE TOP TEN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES TRUST AKAMAIAKAMAI LEADS WITH EXPERIENCE. A LONG HISTORY HAS ENABLEDAKAMAI TO ACQUIRE AN IMPRESSIVE CLIENT BASE IN TERMS OF SIZEAND STATURE. ITS UNMATCHED GLOBAL NETWORK, MEDIA ANDENTERTAINMENT EXPERTISE, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES MAKE ITTHE CLEAR LEADER IN RICH MEDIA DELIVERY.“ —FORRESTER, JUNE 2006

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Whether monetizing rich media through syndication or streaming live video to the masses, Akamai provides comprehensive solutions for themanagement, control, delivery and storage of digital media assets. Oursolutions have helped leading media and entertainment companies suchas CBS, Viacom, Apple and Warner Music execute profitable digital mediastrategies and successful online events.

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BROADCASTING SPORTS ADVERTISING SOCIAL MEDIA MUSIC GAMING


More than 100 of the world’s leading news portals—including the BBC, CNN, ESPN, Fox News, and MSNBC—trust Akamai.


”With Akamai we were able to reduce our investment in hardware by about 50%. Today our estimates are around 80%. When you look at the bottom line, it translates into millions of dollars in cost savings.“—MARK RICHARDS, VP INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, FOX


With Akamai, Starz makes 1,000 movies and 2,500 total video selections available for immediate download and provides a live stream of the Starz TV channel to Vongo subscribers.


Internet Broadcasting successfully delivers 750 million page views per month—through Akamai.


”Akamai has proven that they can handle explosive growth. By leveraging Akamai, we provide fast, safe and reliable delivery for consumers, and provide content producers with a secure cost-effective option for delivering their valuable content.“ —ANDY LEAK, CEO, INSTANT MEDIA


Many organizations including National Public Radio,Comedy Central, and France Televisions Interactive are executing on innovative portable digital media strategies, leveraging Akamai solutions.

—DANA GARDNER, PRINCIPAL ANALYST, INTERARBOR SOLUTIONS


” It’s one of those great situations where everybody wins. Akamai enables VictoriasSecret.com to efficiently distribute content for our global e-commerce site while reducing the load on our infrastructure.“—VICTORIA’S SECRET


All of the top US National Sports Organizations rely on Akamai’s Media & Entertainment Solutions.


The NBA relies on Akamai solutions to effectivelymanage, control, and distribute more than 45,000 streaming assets to more than 84 affiliates and syndicated partners.


In the last two years, Akamai’s streaming network hasexperienced 500% growth in traffic—including events likethe FIFA 2006 World Cup, a surge in Internet televisionchannels, and increased delivery of news coverage andvideo-sharing sites.


With Akamai, MLB.com increased paid subscribers and delivered more live and on-demand video and audio game-casts than ever before.


In 2004 Akamai teamed with the EuropeanBroadcasting Union to enable the first ever live, sanctioned Internet streaming of the Olympics.


Akamai enables its customers to create new business models by leveraging the Web.


Anheuser-Busch relies on Akamai solutions to manage, deliver and protect rich media assets on its branded entertainment site, Bud.TV.


The world’s top advertising and creative agencies trust Akamai.


Akamai’s Media & Entertainment solutions power the largest social networking sites, offering an instantinfrastructure for the upload, storage and delivery of user generated media.


Friendster nearly triples performance and page views after implementing Akamai’s global content delivery and high-availability managed storage service.


Akamai has helped VideoEgg become the leading advertising network for user-generated video—supporting a 5x increase in uploads, and delivering more than 20 million videos per day, while enabling an annual bandwidth savings of $100,000+.


5 of the top 6 online music download sites—includingApple iTunes—trust Akamai. Apple has delivered more than a billion songs...and counting...via the Akamai platform.


Akamai enables over 70 live streaming channels for more than 3.77 million subscribers of XM Satellite Radio.


”Akamai enables us to implement an effective, straightforward method for regaining control over our streaming media assets.“—JASON CRUANAS, NEW MEDIA MANAGER, INTERSCOPE RECORDS, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP


”Akamai’s large media client base, totaling 600 and including E.W. Scripps, MTV Networks, and Warner Music Group, affords experience in meeting a diverse set of business models and content types.“ —FORRESTER, JUNE 2006


“ As the recognized leader in globally distributed content, Akamai was our first choice for LIVE 8.”—MARTIN GILL, HEAD OF NEW MEDIA AT COMIC RELIEF


Akamai enables companies to reach audiences across connected devices—delivering content to game consoleslike the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii to Internetenabled handsets through wireless carriers, as well as to viral applications like widgets.


Turbine, Inc., a leading producer and publisher of online subscription entertainment, relies on Akamai solutions for secure, reliable delivery of its games, patches, content updates and online promotional streaming trailers.


With Akamai, gaming customers are achieving nearly100% download completion rates and handling up to30x bursts in traffic, ensuring high-quality experiences.


MONETIZE AND MANAGE YOUR MEDIA WITH AKAMAI SOLUTIONS

Online media consumption is growing exponentially—driven by the demand of nearly one billion Internet users. As broadcasters, music publishers, social networks, and gaming companies monetize rich media assets via the Web, and compete for online audiences, they are forced to face a complex distribution scenario. They must overcome obstacles, including the manage-ment and control of thousands of digital media assets, the challenges posed by syndication, unpredictable spikes in traffic and Internet conditions, large file sizes, and the ability to deliver to many different platforms and devices.

Akamai’s global platform—20,000 servers across 71 countries—is optimized for the delivery, streaming, and storage of digital media assets; and we are the only company offering an enterprise software suite that automates therich media management process with a single point of control for organizing,syndicating and protecting rich media assets for online distribution. Akamai’ssolutions have helped leading media and entertainment companies such as Apple, CBS, NBA, Viacom, and Warner Music execute profitable digital media strategies and successful online events.


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