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In a digital world with no patience for slow or unreliable digital experiences, the processing and delivery of your digital assets have to be fast, reliable, and secure. Limelight's private global content delivery network (CDN) has the capacity, coverage, and performance to meet the most demanding content delivery challenges.

Our content delivery network features one of the highest cache hit ratios in the industry, solid-state drive (SSD) storage, hundreds of Points of Presence strategically enabled around the world. We provide 80+ Tbps capacity and a 100GbE private fiber backbone that is connected to more than 1,000 ISP and last-mile networks, ensuring a better experience for your customers.

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Limelight Content Delivery Services ensure your content is optimized and delivered with the lowest latency, best reliability, and highest origin offload. These services are part of the Limelight Orchestrate Platform, which integrates our massive global private infrastructure, advanced content delivery capabilities, and support services.

By positioning website content in edge caches, leveraging last mile acceleration, customizing requests and responses, and ensuring appropriate and secure access, Limelight ensures content can be quickly delivered, anywhere, anytime, with the quality of experience your audience expects.

Limelight Content Delivery Services ensure your content is optimized and delivered with the lowest latency, best reliability, and highest origin offload. These services are part of the Limelight Orchestrate Platform, which integrates our massive global private infrastructure, advanced content delivery capabilities, and support services.

By positioning website content in edge caches, leveraging last mile acceleration, customizing requests and responses, and ensuring appropriate and secure access, Limelight ensures content can be quickly delivered, anywhere, anytime, with the quality of experience your audience expects.

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The edge is the new cloud. Analysts project that more and more computing will move to the network edge, offering the potential to reduce latency, transit costs, and centralized server load. For many media and entertainment use cases, these advantages translate to improved user experience and enable new applications.

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EdgeFunctions simplifies development and reduces time to production for streaming video and content delivery use cases.

Limelight EdgeFunctions is a serverless compute platform that automatically makes your code available to many edge locations around the world, executes at the network edge close to your users to ensure the lowest latency, and scales to meet demand. EdgeFunctions is ideal for customers needing to implement streaming video and content delivery use cases such as personalized streaming, access control, dynamic ad insertion, A/B testing, image manipulation, and more. It is tightly integrated with one of the world’s highest-performing video and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). EdgeFunctions gives developers tools to boost performance, customize workflows, and scale rapidly while only paying for resources used.

With EdgeFunctions, developers are able to run their code without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure, simplifying development, and reducing time to production. It enables developers to concentrate on what they are good at: coding!

Connect » File Transfer » File & Object Delivery » File transfer and delivery »

Limelight provides a proven workflow with high performance and availability for worry-free distribution. Limelight’s solution for File Distribution keeps your customers satisfied with no interruption to their publication, software, gaming, or device-update services. We allow ingest from any location, with automatic replication and global caching. File delivery starts in milliseconds using Limelight’s high-speed global private network. You can customize your interface with open or proprietary download managers.

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Limelight Live Push Ingest puts the control of origin bandwidth in the hands of content providers, so you can reduce costs related to ingesting video to the Limelight CDN. You can manage your own encoding and chunking process, with the potential of lowering latency compared to Pull workflows. By Pushing your content to a specialized ingest server that is peered directly to Limelight’s CDN, you can eliminate latency inducing steps in your live video production. Limelight Live Push’s direct integration with the Limelight CDN also enables your live events to scale massively with no threat of overloading your content production or origin servers.

Publish » Linear Signal Distribution » Distribution & Re-distribution » Encoding and multiplexing for distribution and re-distribution »

Limelight Multi-device Media Delivery (MMD) Live is a powerful cloud-based feature for transcoding live video streams into multiple bitrates, and on-the-fly transmuxing into different formats, enabling a live event to be recorded for later playback. MMD Live reduces workflow complexity while meeting the demands of audiences for the highest quality video viewing experience on their choice of devices. This functionality allows users to stream live events to smart TVs, desktops, mobile screens, and set-top-boxes. MMD Live is integrated with the global Limelight Orchestrate Platform to deliver broadcast-quality live video to connected devices.

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The Limelight Multi-device Media Delivery (MMD) On-Demand (OD) solution is a powerful cloud-based set of video delivery services for automatically converting video content into different formats, which reduces workflow complexity and storage costs, while meeting the demands of device diversity. MMD OD is integrated with Limelight’s global Orchestrate Platform to deliver broadcast-quality video to all connected devices worldwide.

Store » File-based & Object Storage » Cloud Storage » Cloud archive storage »

Limelight Origin Storage Services is an intelligent solution for driving a great user experience through Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Simplify your workflow with ingest automation, high availability, global scale, and multi-CDN support, all at an excellent value. Keep your audience engaged with fast, reliable delivery of video-on-demand, file distribution, web acceleration, gaming, or e-commerce content.

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Limelight Realtime Streaming delivers live video from anywhere in the world, to anywhere in the world, with less than one second of latency. The solution provides low-latency live streaming by utilizing the open and scalable industry-standard WebRTC technology and UDP data transfer protocol, so video streams don’t need to be segmented and buffered like with traditional HTTP streaming formats such as HLS and MPEG-DASH.

Limelight Realtime Streaming features adaptive bitrate streaming for the highest possible picture quality for each viewer, even over changing network conditions. Limelight’s global private network provides the capacity, reach, and connectivity to ensure a high-quality, realtime viewing experience for audiences everywhere.

Connect » Real-Time Signal Transfer » Intra-Facility Connectivity » Video-over-internet »

Limelight's realtime, live and on-demand video delivery services and online video platform integrate Limelight's massive global private network with advanced video delivery and management capabilities. We help you get your video content to virtually any device, anywhere in the world at high quality and with the lowest rebuffer rates in the industry.

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Data & Metadata Management » (Meta)data aggregation and management »

Limelight Video Platform is the fastest and most intuitive way to manage and distribute online video to media devices everywhere. Engage web audiences with immersive video content. Track performance and collect valuable metrics from your viewers. The power and simplicity of Limelight Video Platform lets you manage, publish, syndicate, measure, and monetize web video with ease. Upload your source file and our transcoding services automatically handle video format conversions and publishing steps required for optimized viewing on any device, anywhere. The video platform is integrated with the global Orchestrate Platform to deliver the high-quality viewing experience audiences expect.

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Data & Metadata Management » (Meta)data aggregation and management »

LTN® Cue & Connect are fully managed linear metadata solutions designed for today’s platforms and advertising demands. The IP-powered solutions simplify signal decoration for optimized ad signaling, targeted transformation, and greater monetization.

LTN Connect is an on-prem metadata insertion solution that deploys in existing broadcast environments. The solution tailors linear metadata decoration to conform to your specific workflow and requirements — with flawless interoperability. Connect features include advanced blackout management, content regionalization, graphic and audiotrack overlays, plus automated VOD file creation from linear programs.

LTN Cue is an in-network metadata insertion and video delivery solution. Cue simplifies channel management with advanced advertising and content replacement workflows to generate more metadata — and more revenue — without requiring additional hardware. Cue features include scalability to multiple SCTE 35 profiles, compatibility with any playout, facilitation of OTT platform advertising, and always-on NOC monitoring and support.

Transform the future of video with LTN Cue & Connect.

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Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC devices provide 64-bit processor scalability while combining real-time control with soft and hard engines for graphics, video, waveform, and packet processing. Built on ARM real-time processors and a programmable logic equipped platform, three distinct variants include dual processor (CG) devices, quad processor and GPU (EG) devices, and video codec (EV) devices.

The Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC EV devices are particularly suited to a wide range of broadcast and media applications, from camera encoding to mobile wireless video systems, and contribution IRDs to live streaming encoders:

• Configurable and dynamically adjustable codec


• Integrate with a wide portfolio of Xilinx and partner IP cores such as 12G-SDI, ST 2110, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.2 etc.


• Up to 4K60 4:2:2 10-bit H.264/H.265 encode + decode


• Multichannel support up to 4K60 (e.g. 2x 1080p60 or 4x 1080p30)


• Ultra-low-latency mode of <35ms glass-to-glass


• Total device power for a single pipeline as low as 8.5W

 

 

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Our playout facility helps with originating and manipulating content to your specific needs. The Nextologies Transmission, Distribution and Content Delivery Network (CDN) for IPTV and linear television broadcasts, gets your channel or content around the world in the shortest amount of time, at the most competitive rates, while assuring the best quality of service. Using our custom solution for automated playout, we have the ability to provide a full 24/7, 365 channel playout from a file based solution.

Nextologies master control and playout operators have the ability to insert commercial spots and programming into any of our content partners live channels ensuring your schedule stays accurate and profitable.

Using our custom designed time shifting module, we can time shift your signal 24+ hours and into multiple time zones.

Publish » Content Protection » Content Protection & Encryption » CAS, encryption, DRM »

The Nextologies fibre network connecting Canada, USA, Eastern Europe and Asia, combined with our fixed satellite network, is the best in our region giving instant access to over 55,000 channels. The Nextologies fibre network is fully protected, geographically diverse and self-healing. Nextologies offers full-time redundant gigabit fibre connectivity to all of the major BDUs in Canada and MSOs in the USA.

 

Nextologies uses state-of-the-art technology enabling the utmost quality and reliability in broadcast video transmissions. Our network's fibre optic digital circuits are built with redundancy and diverse systems, which minimize latency and jitter characteristics.

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Based on Synamedia’s award-winning virtualized Digital Content Manager (DCM) architecture and its PowerVu IRD technologies, the new Media Edge Gateway is ideal for video service providers that are deploying in hybrid environments, looking to test out new channels or launching point-in-time updates such as for natural disasters, and events. This new service enables cost-effectiveness, flexibility and adaptability in creating new application-specific edge gateways including an ATSC 3.0 receiver and SMPTE 2110 decoder with further commercial, function, positioning and form adaptations to be added in the future.

The Media Edge Gateway can reduce go-to-market schedules from weeks to mere minutes using automation, the resulting benefit of its software-based architecture. This approach creates more value for end customers while offering video service providers new monetization paths.  Additionally, it enables customers to experiment or launch varying business models including SaaS options and subscription-based packages.

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Limelight Realtime Streaming delivers live video from anywhere in the world, to anywhere in the world, with less than one second of latency. The solution provides low-latency live streaming by utilizing the open and scalable industry-standard WebRTC technology and UDP data transfer protocol, so video streams don’t need to be segmented and buffered like with traditional HTTP streaming formats such as HLS and MPEG-DASH.

Limelight Realtime Streaming features adaptive bitrate streaming for the highest possible picture quality for each viewer, even over changing network conditions. Limelight’s global private network provides the capacity, reach, and connectivity to ensure a high-quality, realtime viewing experience for audiences everywhere.

Publish » Linear Signal Distribution » Distribution & Re-distribution » Edge devices »

Limelight Content Delivery Services ensure your content is optimized and delivered with the lowest latency, best reliability, and highest origin offload. These services are part of the Limelight Orchestrate Platform, which integrates our massive global private infrastructure, advanced content delivery capabilities, and support services.

By positioning website content in edge caches, leveraging last mile acceleration, customizing requests and responses, and ensuring appropriate and secure access, Limelight ensures content can be quickly delivered, anywhere, anytime, with the quality of experience your audience expects.

Publish » Linear Signal Distribution » Distribution & Re-distribution » Edge devices »

Limelight Live Push Ingest puts the control of origin bandwidth in the hands of content providers, so you can reduce costs related to ingesting video to the Limelight CDN. You can manage your own encoding and chunking process, with the potential of lowering latency compared to Pull workflows. By Pushing your content to a specialized ingest server that is peered directly to Limelight’s CDN, you can eliminate latency inducing steps in your live video production. Limelight Live Push’s direct integration with the Limelight CDN also enables your live events to scale massively with no threat of overloading your content production or origin servers.

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Professional IRDs, Transcoders & Converters

Headend Systems

HEVC & H264 DEcoders, HD & 4K

 

PHASE - Serving the Brazilian Television Market  Successfully since 1980

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Cygnus Distribution is a new generation solution for primary distribution applications from MediaKind. Whether it is the professional distribution of live events such as sports matches, or the distribution of 24/7 channels, Cygnus Distribution enables this to be delivered securely, reliably and in high quality whether that be via satellite, or IP network, or a combination of both networks.