Akamai Delivers 1.6 Million Streams in Apple Quicktime Format
Apple and Akamai announced in July of this year the combination of their technologies to build the backbone for Apple's QuickTime TV, creating a high-performing and reliable way for Macintosh and Windows users worldwide to view streaming video and audio over the Internet. The result has led to Apple's ability to offer a 24-hour Internet medium that provides live and on-demand news and entertainment programming. The success of the two companies efforts were highlighted at today's QuickTime Live! Conference.
"Apple's QuickTime TV features an impressive list of popular programming," said Daniel Lewin, Akamai co-founder and chief technology officer. "Akamai's technology innovations and our partnership with Apple have resulted in a consistently high-performing and reliable network for webcasting QuickTime content, helping to fulfill the promise of streaming media."
"QuickTime TV provides premium content over the Internet's most advanced network for streaming audio and video," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide Product Marketing. "Akamai's service provides a highly reliable and scalable architecture for delivering streaming media."
Akamai's streaming technology has enabled the largest live webcast events to date in the QuickTime format including recent keynote addresses made by Apple executives at MacWorld and Seybold San Francisco. Akamai has also delivered the QTV streaming for live musical performances from Melissa Ethridge, Tom Petty and Clint Black; industry events such as the Digital Video/Web Conference and the Internet 2 Conference; and special events including Educause, the Nobel Genetics Conference and the Golden Trailer Awards.
Akamai's Internet content delivery service has also enabled Apple to provide more than 23 million downloads of the "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" movie trailer. In addition, Akamai's network delivers the upgrades for Apple's QuickTime software and Macintosh OS 8.6 software.
QuickTime TV provides leading content providers with the fastest, most reliable delivery network available for Internet content. The QuickTime Streaming Server is integrated into the Akamai network, making up the infrastructure for QTV and providing consumers with one-click access to high-quality content. In addition to Akamai being the exclusive provider of QTV, Apple recommends Akamai as the preferred delivery service of content developed in the QuickTime format.
FreeFlow Streaming uses Akamai's innovative technology to offer high-quality performance, reliability and scalability for delivering Internet content from the optimal server to each user based on real-time Internet conditions.
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
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As exclusive network provider for Apple QuickTime TV, Akamai's FreeFlow Streaming service delivers popular programming created in QuickTime format
APPLE QUICKTIME LIVE! CONFERENCE - Los Angeles, CA, November 9, 1999 -- Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM), which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance and enables the creation of more engaging content, today announced at the Apple QuickTime Live! Conference that it has delivered over 1.6 million streams of programming in Apple's popular QuickTime format. As the exclusive network provider for Apple's QuickTime TV (QTV), Akamai's FreeFlowSM Streaming service has already streamed programs for content providers such as RollingStone.com, Rhino Records, and other leading news, sports, sitcoms, music, movies, and children's shows.Apple and Akamai announced in July of this year the combination of their technologies to build the backbone for Apple's QuickTime TV, creating a high-performing and reliable way for Macintosh and Windows users worldwide to view streaming video and audio over the Internet. The result has led to Apple's ability to offer a 24-hour Internet medium that provides live and on-demand news and entertainment programming. The success of the two companies efforts were highlighted at today's QuickTime Live! Conference.
"Apple's QuickTime TV features an impressive list of popular programming," said Daniel Lewin, Akamai co-founder and chief technology officer. "Akamai's technology innovations and our partnership with Apple have resulted in a consistently high-performing and reliable network for webcasting QuickTime content, helping to fulfill the promise of streaming media."
"QuickTime TV provides premium content over the Internet's most advanced network for streaming audio and video," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide Product Marketing. "Akamai's service provides a highly reliable and scalable architecture for delivering streaming media."
Akamai's streaming technology has enabled the largest live webcast events to date in the QuickTime format including recent keynote addresses made by Apple executives at MacWorld and Seybold San Francisco. Akamai has also delivered the QTV streaming for live musical performances from Melissa Ethridge, Tom Petty and Clint Black; industry events such as the Digital Video/Web Conference and the Internet 2 Conference; and special events including Educause, the Nobel Genetics Conference and the Golden Trailer Awards.
Akamai's Internet content delivery service has also enabled Apple to provide more than 23 million downloads of the "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" movie trailer. In addition, Akamai's network delivers the upgrades for Apple's QuickTime software and Macintosh OS 8.6 software.
QuickTime TV provides leading content providers with the fastest, most reliable delivery network available for Internet content. The QuickTime Streaming Server is integrated into the Akamai network, making up the infrastructure for QTV and providing consumers with one-click access to high-quality content. In addition to Akamai being the exclusive provider of QTV, Apple recommends Akamai as the preferred delivery service of content developed in the QuickTime format.
FreeFlow Streaming uses Akamai's innovative technology to offer high-quality performance, reliability and scalability for delivering Internet content from the optimal server to each user based on real-time Internet conditions.
About Akamai
Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has offices in San Mateo and Cupertino, California, and Europe. Akamai is the leader in distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery, serving over 225 of the Web's most popular properties including over 100 leading e-commerce companies. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 2000 servers in over 40 countries directly connected to more than 100 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.
