Limelight Networks Delivering 'Today' Show Netcast on MSNBC.com

Limelight Networks Delivering 'Today' Show Netcast on MSNBC.com

As the Primary Content Delivery Provider for MSNBC.com, Limelight Also Powers Delivery of 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' and 'Meet the Press'

TEMPE, Ariz., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Limelight Networks, the world's leading content delivery network for digital media, today announced it is delivering the netcast of NBC News' "Today," America's number one morning news program. Leveraging the Limelight content delivery platform, NBC News is now making the first complete hour of each "Today" broadcast available online for free at MSNBC.com, allowing viewers to watch it when and where they want, at their convenience.

Limelight's foundational role in the streaming delivery of "Today" to on-demand viewers, which began on May 1, builds on the success it has achieved in delivering netcasts of two other popular offerings -- "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" and "Meet the Press." By offering the complete first hour of programming, MSNBC.com has expanded upon its successful online efforts, which have included offering key segments from each of these shows. As the primary content delivery network for MSNBC.com, Limelight also powers the delivery of MSNBC.com original programs and live video events. MSNBC.com serves more than 40 million videos to 25 million unique users every month.

"The Limelight Networks content delivery network provides world-class streaming performance, and our partnership with them enables us to deliver high quality, digital media programming," said Ted McConville, director of video engineering for MSNBC.com.

"Limelight Networks' platform is perfectly suited to MSNBC.com's requirements for delivering highly popular broadband Internet programming like 'Today,'" said Erik Gabler, Senior VP of Business Development. "Our advanced distributed delivery network provides the scalability and reliability of service that enables MSNBC.com to provide live and on-demand broadband video streams to mass audiences worldwide -- reflecting our commitment to offer the highest-performance content delivery network for digital media."

About MSNBC.com

MSNBC.com, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is the exclusive online channel for the NBC Universal News family, which includes the Today show, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, Meet the Press and MSNBC TV. MSNBC.com's driving force is to provide the optimal consumer experience, presenting a diverse range of original content and the best from partners in a rich multi-media environment that includes interactive features and free streaming video, allowing users to access the news and information they want, when they want it, 24 hours a day. Based in Redmond, WA, MSNBC.com is a joint venture of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and NBC Universal News (NYSE:GE).

About Limelight Networks

Limelight Networks is the industry's highest 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 is the content delivery network of choice for more than 500 of the world's top media companies, including Akimbo, ABC Radio Networks, Belo Interactive, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, Marimba, MSNBC.com, MySpace, NC Interactive, Real Networks Rhapsody, Radio Free Virgin, Valve Software, and Xbox Live. For more information, visit: http://www.llnw.com/ .

Source: Limelight Networks

CONTACT: media, Wynne Ahern of Communication Strategies, LLC,
+1-510-658-8870, or wynne@commstrat.net, for Limelight Networks

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Web site: http://www.llnw.com/

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