MAXMAN.TV CONTENT DELIVERED ON LIMELIGHT’S NEWEST NETWORK

MaxMan.TV leverages Limelight Networks Content Delivery Network and Online Video Platform to deliver an unparalleled viewing experience

Kuala Lumpur, September 2012: Not only will MaxMan.TV, Malaysia’s first and only online entertainment portal for men, be providing content geared towards a masculine, manly audience, they will be doing it utilising Limelight Networks’ web acceleration services and video platform, Limelight Video Platform (LVP).

Based on its proprietary XD Platform, the latest in Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology, Limelight Networks further accelerates delivery of video, music, social media, games and software at lightning-fast speeds across their private fibre-optic backbone. With the new SaaS-based video platform, LVP, MaxMan.TV will deliver the best viewing experience possible to desktop, mobile, set-top-boxes, and connected high-definition TVs.

IZI Media Sdn Bhd, parent company of MaxMan.TV has tied up with Limelight Networks, Inc. to utilise the Limelight Video Platform to deliver MaxMan.TV to subscribers quickly and smoothly across multiple devices with adaptive bit rate streaming (where the quality adjusts to your computer’s resources and connection) on a global network known for high performance.

"We are proud to partner with Limelight, the third largest network in the world based on usage, after Google and Facebook. Limelight owns their own fibre-optic network and work with regional CDN partners which allow them to deliver the video faster over great distances.  Netflix, one of the largest and famous VOD providers in US is also using their network for video delivery," said Catherine Yong, Project Manager for MaxMan.TV.

At the heart of Limelight Network’s CDN lies the XD platform’s Adaptive Intelligence, a software layer that actively manages the delivery of each request in real time. Using data received from user requests, Adaptive Intelligence dynamically adjusts settings at the edge server to streamline and accelerate each specific delivery, creating a faster and better online viewing experience compared to other online video websites in Malaysia.
Limelight maintains an extensive global network of servers, numbering over 15,000, served by over 900 last mile networks supported by 8 million user agents deployed on the Internet, which feed Limelight Networks with data on last-mile network and internet backbone conditions. Adaptive Intelligence software operates entirely within Limelight Networks’s globally distributed computing platform, and has no publisher, last-mile operator, or end-user dependencies.

“With the Limelight Video Platform and Content Delivery Network, we are able to respond to the viewing habits and anytime-anywhere access demanded by our users,” said Catherine. “Even with a slower connection, a MaxMan.TV user can expect decent speeds and uninterrupted viewing. We have worked extensively with the Limelight Video Platform to tweak and optimize video encoding so that the perceived quality is still really high, even when the connection speeds are lower.  And if resources are good enough, our system will automatically deliver HD-quality streams to any desktop, tablet, or mobile device. Working with Limelight has given us that edge over other IPTV providers.”

Limelight Networks’ video platform and content delivery network is tightly integrated. This allows for both systems to integrate and provide vital statistics. Advanced analytics that Limelight has developed will give its content programmers insight into user experience and performance reports on content.
  
As an IPTV channel, MaxMan.TV is already available on a variety of platforms, including iOS (iPads, iPhones), Androids, connected televisions such as the Samsung Smart TVs, and of course laptops and desktops.

Further information is available at:
http://www.maxman.tv
http://www.limelightvideoplatform.com/