Germany's RTL WORLD Gets "Akamaized"
RTL NEWMEDIA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTL-Television, manages all Internet and digital activities of RTL-Television, one of the leading German TV-Stations with a market share of 14.3% (GfK Group, dpa 02.01.2001). RTL WORLD is one of the busiest websites in Germany with over 206 million page impressions during the month of November, 2000 (IVW - Informationsgemein-schaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V., November 2000). RTL WORLD provides a comprehensive spectrum of entertaining and informative Web offerings.
"We are proud to be associated with RTL NEWMEDIA, a company that is committed to driving the convergence of TV and the Internet as a platform for communications and entertainment," said Wolfgang Stähle, President of Akamai Europe. "Constantly growing access rates suggest that entertainment portals such as RTL WORLD are gaining popularity. RTL NEWMEDIA's use of the FreeFlow service provides another endorsement of the capabilities of Akamai's technology and services."
Akamai's flagship FreeFlow service improves Web site speed, performance, and reliability by delivering rich Web content from Akamai's globally distributed network of more than 6,000 servers located close to Internet end users. Akamai's core technology analyzes real-time Internet conditions to deliver content via the optimal Akamai server at the edge of the Internet, reaching end users quickly and reliably. Akamai's FreeFlow service enables content providers to enrich their websites with engaging content without sacrificing performance. As a result, the FreeFlow service improves the online experience for end users.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected within 335 different telecommunications networks. Akamai Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and has European subsidiaries in London, England, Paris, France, and Munich, Germany - which also serves as Akamai's EMEA headquarters. Further information is available at www.akamai.com.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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RTL NEWMEDIA chooses Akamai's FreeFlowSM service to enhance the delivery of its rich Web content on its portal, RTL WORLD
Munich, January 08, 2001 - Akamai Technologies, GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leading Content Delivery Service Provider (CDSP), today announced that RTL NEWMEDIA has selected Akamai's FreeFlow content delivery service to provide fast and reliable delivery of the rich content that is found on its portal, RTL WORLD, located on the Internet at www.rtl.de. Akamai's FreeFlow service delivers RTL NEWMEDIA's Web content, including pictures, graphics, and photos, to its end users with enhanced performance and reliability and optimizes the website's performance even during peak traffic periods.RTL NEWMEDIA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTL-Television, manages all Internet and digital activities of RTL-Television, one of the leading German TV-Stations with a market share of 14.3% (GfK Group, dpa 02.01.2001). RTL WORLD is one of the busiest websites in Germany with over 206 million page impressions during the month of November, 2000 (IVW - Informationsgemein-schaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V., November 2000). RTL WORLD provides a comprehensive spectrum of entertaining and informative Web offerings.
"We are proud to be associated with RTL NEWMEDIA, a company that is committed to driving the convergence of TV and the Internet as a platform for communications and entertainment," said Wolfgang Stähle, President of Akamai Europe. "Constantly growing access rates suggest that entertainment portals such as RTL WORLD are gaining popularity. RTL NEWMEDIA's use of the FreeFlow service provides another endorsement of the capabilities of Akamai's technology and services."
Akamai's flagship FreeFlow service improves Web site speed, performance, and reliability by delivering rich Web content from Akamai's globally distributed network of more than 6,000 servers located close to Internet end users. Akamai's core technology analyzes real-time Internet conditions to deliver content via the optimal Akamai server at the edge of the Internet, reaching end users quickly and reliably. Akamai's FreeFlow service enables content providers to enrich their websites with engaging content without sacrificing performance. As a result, the FreeFlow service improves the online experience for end users.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected within 335 different telecommunications networks. Akamai Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and has European subsidiaries in London, England, Paris, France, and Munich, Germany - which also serves as Akamai's EMEA headquarters. Further information is available at www.akamai.com.
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Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, the dependence on Akamai's Internet content delivery service, a failure of its network infrastructure, the complexity of its service and the networks on which the service is deployed, the failure to obtain access to transmission capacity and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
