May 18, 2007

MyToons.com Gains Flash Video Streaming Infrastructure from Limelight Networks

Tempe, Ariz. - Limelight Networks, a content delivery network for digital media, is providing the advanced Flash video streaming infrastructure for MyToons.com, a content-sharing Web site that distributes user-contributed animation videos to Internet audiences worldwide. 
As the exclusive CDN for MyToons.com, Limelight has provided Flash delivery of animated content to more than 1.5 million unique visitors in the first three weeks after launch --a high percentage of whom have returned as repeat visitors for additional MyToons.com Flash streaming content.  
 
“MyToons.com is the place where everyone who really loves animation, from seasoned industry pros to enthusiastic fans, can share their artistic creations and animated favorites with the entire world for free,” says Paul Ford, president at MyToons.com.  “Leveraging Limelight Networks’ Flash Video Streaming capability, we can reliably deliver high-quality, cutting-edge animations to a global audience of animation enthusiasts. And in conjunction with the encoding and content management services that they also provide to us, Limelight Networks is playing a key role in helping us build the world’s greatest online animation community.”  
 
“MyToons.com has an exacting base of users with a high expectation for flawless performance in the delivery of rich media content,” says David Hatfield, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales, Services, and Marketing at Limelight.  “Our distributed delivery network was built from the ground up to handle rich media content such as animated videos, and our Flash video streaming offering gives MyToons.com a highly reliable and scalable solution for flash delivery of animated content.”