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LEADING DIGITAL DELIVERY NETWORK UNVEILS
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE SONGS IN A SINGLE CLICK
Limelight Networks Solves Multiple Download
Dilemma with New "BulkGet" Technology
TEMPE, Ariz., – February 17, 2004 – Tempe-based Limelight
Networks, a leading end-to-end digital delivery network, announced
today it has recently deployed a pioneering technology that
allows online music users to download an unlimited number
of songs with a single mouse click, in contrast to multiple
clicks typically required per individual song. Limelight Networks'
patent-pending BulkGet technology offers online music retailers
the ability to provide consumers with fast access to complete
CDs and song tracks, as well as intuitive media storage and
retrieval capabilities.
"Traditionally, online music consumers could
only download one object or song at a time. If a user wanted
to download an entire CD with 15 songs, it could literally
take up to 100 mouse clicks just to download and store that
CD in a desired location," said Nathan Raciborski, BulkGet
inventor and chief technology architect for Limelight Networks.
"Our BulkGet technology enables users to conveniently download
as many songs as they want with a minimal number of mouse
clicks."
BulkGet technology makes legal media downloading
more manageable by removing the multiple-click barriers thereby
enhancing a customer's online experience and driving return
visits. In addition, BulkGet has intelligence to optimize
downloads based on a user's connection speed as well as a
"resume" feature that captures remaining content should an
Internet connection be lost in the middle of a download.
Limelight Networks provides digital delivery
services to leading Internet music companies such as MusicMatch,
Radio Free Virgin, Real Networks, and Jimmy Buffett's Radio
Margaritaville. Through in-depth experience working with such
Industry players and a unique understanding of online music
trends, Limelight Networks recognized the need to create a
better download experience for end-users that content providers
could deploy quickly. BulkGet was the solution.
Leading music download providers such as
Liquid Digital Media and Canada's Puretracks™ are the latest
companies to begin utilizing BulkGet technology to enhance
their online music delivery services, joining current users
like BuyMusic.com and others.
"Limelight Networks' technology offers a
reliable and efficient means for online customers to buy large
volumes of tracks and albums," said Derek van der Plaat, founder
and co-CEO of Moontaxi, the parent of Puretracks. "The simplicity
and improved customer experience that BulkGet provides will
help drive more downloads and return visits to our service.
Our partnership with Limelight Networks offers our customers
a high-quality, simple and reliable download option backed
by this innovative technology."
As a comprehensive download solution, BulkGet
has no plug-in requirements or need for operating system additions,
making it easy for any online media company to quickly customize
and deploy the software into their media download services.
Requiring only a Windows operating system and a connection
to the Internet, BulkGet removes the need for more cumbersome
applications that take up system resources and add complexity
to the end user experience. BulkGet technology has successfully
delivered millions of download media files since its introduction
in August.
"With the recording industry increasingly
offering online access to the content listeners demand, it's
important that the most efficient, affordable and reliable
delivery systems be utilized to transfer that content," said
David Rice, Limelight Networks vice president of sales and
marketing. "Limelight Networks' media routing and distribution
services lower the costs associated with digital delivery.
Combined with innovative download tools like BulkGet, our
broad delivery platform enables legal download services to
grow. In addition to music, we see many types of digital media
from games to movies benefiting from our full line of delivery
services today."
Founded in July 2001 by a team of entrepreneurial
network experts with a 10-year-history of collaboration, Limelight
Networks uses the most advanced digital network technology
to help solve the online delivery challenges posed by large
media objects. Limelight Networks moves content quickly and
reliably across the Internet, while providing vital reporting
tools and customer service to keep control in the hands of
content providers.
About Limelight Networks
Privately-held Limelight Networks
is the first comprehensive digital delivery network, providing
essential media routing and distribution solutions that include
live and on-demand streaming media, content delivery, storage
and hosting as well as Tier-1 + bandwidth services. Leveraging
an efficient network architecture with strategic distribution
points around the globe combined with powerful content management
and reporting tools, Limelight Networks enables some of the
industry's top content providers, webcasters and enterprise
customers to reduce the cost and complexity of delivery -
while ensuring unmatched performance. Limelight Networks'
innovative delivery platform has been proven to dramatically
cut the costs associated with e-commerce, distance learning,
online entertainment and corporate connectivity. For more
information, visit www.llnw.com.
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