LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- 2014 NAB
Show (Booth SL4525) -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
AKAM), the leading provider of cloud services for delivering,
optimizing and securing online content and business applications,
today announced that it is adding native support for the emerging
Motion Picture Experts Group-Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
(MPEG-DASH) and HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) formats for live and
linear streaming content. By accepting these additional formats
into its globally distributed entry points, Akamai expects to offer
its customers greater flexibility to reach an ever-increasing array
of connected devices.
MPEG-DASH support addresses the requirements of Hybrid Broadcast
Broadband Television (HbbTV), a pan-European specification for
interactive television delivered over both broadcast and broadband
Internet connections, while HDS is widely supported by Adobe Flash.
The addition of DASH and HDS complements Akamai's existing support
for RTMP and HLS formats, underscoring its commitment to simplify
the evolving complexities of delivering high-quality live and
linear online video at scale.
The new capability is designed to allow event producers to send
their streams directly into Akamai ingest servers via nearby entry
points, minimizing the chance of quality loss through local network
issues and congestion. In addition, Akamai is working with encoder
vendors to qualify their offerings for compatibility, and has also
added DASH support to its Adaptive Media Player. This three-pronged
approach is intended to help users more easily stream live events
at higher quality to audiences worldwide.
Elemental Technologies is the first partner to be qualified by
Akamai for direct DASH and HDS ingest. Their Elemental®
Live and Elemental® Server products have been configured
and tested in an effort to ensure that streaming content in these
new formats is securely and efficiently transferred through
Akamai's ingest points.
"Like Akamai, Elemental believes in the importance of a seamless
end-to-end experience for our customers," said Keith Wymbs, chief marketing officer at
Elemental. "That's why we're pleased to work closely with Akamai to
continually enhance the technical capabilities we bring to the
market on behalf of our mutual customers."
Akamai's Adaptive Media Player offers support for DASH,
including the newly released dash.js v1.1.2 standard. Already in
use by some of the world's largest broadcasters, the Adaptive Media
Player provides a simple yet powerful approach to player technology
across connected devices.
"We believe this continued innovation, support for multiple
streaming standards and our unrivaled global network enables fast,
secure content ingest directly into Akamai for high-quality
end-to-end," said Will Law, chief
architect of media engineering at Akamai. "These efforts and
capabilities streamline the workflow and are designed to help
ensure a top-notch playback experience."
As a charter member of the DASH Industry Forum and as one of the
first content delivery networks to offer a complete DASH workflow
for live streaming, Akamai is committed to supporting the open
standard for helping simplify video delivery across connected
devices.
Akamai is showing its full range of digital media storage,
processing and delivery solutions at the 2014 NAB Show, booth
SL4525, in Las Vegas, April 7-10. Demonstrations will underscore how
live and on-demand online video content, including 4K, can be
delivered at the quality and scale necessary to meet increasing
consumer demands and expectations.
For more information about Akamai's presence at the 2014 NAB
Show or to schedule a meeting, visit
http://www.akamai.com/nab2014.
About Akamai
Akamai® is the leading
provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing
online content and business applications. At the core of the
Company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ providing
extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security,
visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of
connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer
demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To
learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation
in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com or
blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
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