Limelight Networks CDN Delivers Groundbreaking Online Video Mashup Service for Consumer-Generated Videos
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Limelight Networks, the world's leading content delivery network for digital media, announced today that muvee, the Singapore-based pioneer and leader in automatic video editing technology, has selected Limelight Networks as the global content delivery platform for its recently launched online video mashup service at muveeMix.com. The new online video mixing service lets users automatically mix video clips and pictures to their choice of music, with added visual effects and transitions that are synchronized to the beat. The finished 'muvees' can then be easily shared on community sites or blogs. Limelight Networks is also the CDN for muvee's award-winning autoProducer automatic video editing software, featured on muvee.com.
Optimized for high-performance delivery of vast amounts of rich media, Limelight Networks enables muvee to quickly and reliably respond to high user demand for its software and new online video mixing service as consumers embrace its innovative new video technology. Limelight Networks is highly scalable, giving companies like muvee a cost-effective, flexible delivery solution. According to Matthew H. Sturgess, Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Region for Limelight Networks, the sharing of videos and other digital media has become an integral component of the online world today. "Members of user generated content sites, social networking communities and blogs are always seeking ways to create more visually compelling video content. muvee(TM) is empowering this important demographic group with professional quality, inexpensive tools that encourage creative expression and help consumers to share their digital creations with the world. We are delighted that Limelight Networks has been chosen by muvee(TM) to deliver their award winning software and innovative technologies to consumers."
In December 2006, Limelight Networks announced the opening of an Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore to serve rapidly expanding regional customer base. Limelight Networks is able to provide unparalleled service and support, in local time zones, to companies in the Asia Pacific region, such as muvee Technology.
"Limelight Networks is a strategic partner for muvee by enabling us to improve and enhance our services without major capital expenditure," said Lo Sheng, Vice President, Quality, Support & Account Delivery at muvee. "Thanks to Limelight Networks' scalability, we are able to encourage online demos that get consumers very excited about what they can create with our products and services. With the explosive growth in the creation and sharing of user-generated videos, we feel confident knowing that our CDN has been developed specifically for delivery of this type of media."
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks is the high performance content delivery network for digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games and downloads. Limelight Networks' infrastructure is optimized for the large object sizes, large content libraries, and large audiences associated with compelling rich media content. Limelight Networks is the content delivery network of choice for more than 700 of the world's top media companies, including Akimbo, Amazon Unbox(TM), Belo Interactive, Brightcove, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, ITV Play, Marimba, MSNBC.com, MySpace, NC Interactive, Radio Free Virgin, Valve Software, and Xbox Live. For more information, visit: http://www.llnw.com
About muvee
muvee is the pioneer and global leader in a dynamic new field: Instant Personal Video. muvee's patented technology revolutionizes home video production, enabling anyone to automatically turn video and pictures into professional-quality productions in hundreds of different styles. Users need no prior experience working with video and each production is created in a fraction of the time that it would normally take using conventional video editing tools. muvee's products are available for PCs, camera phones, embedding in CE devices, photo kiosks, websites and other platforms. muvee's global partners include Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Sony, Nikon and LG. For more information, please visit http://www.muvee.com .
For more information, contact:
Wynne Ahern
CommStrat
Tel: +1-510-658-8870
Email: wynne@commstrat.net
Margie Schaffner
BLASTmedia
Tel: +1-317-806-1425, ext. 16
Email: margie@blastmedia.com
