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• Low-Latency Live Video Streaming: Limelight also In addition, Limelight’s recently-announced PRODUCTS
announced a plan to expand its range of low-latency EdgeFunctions has been recognized by IDC as an
live video delivery options to include support for innovative service that will accelerate the proliferation
chunk transfer encoded (CTE) media from low- of edge applications and address the increasing
latency CMAF derived media workflows. Low- demand for stream protection and advanced video
latency CMAF allows broadcasters and content content monetization at the edge.
distributors to deliver live content with latencies as
low as 2-3 seconds. By utilizing the power and “EdgeFunctions adds serverless computing to
optimized performance of Limelight’s content Limelight’s CDN, giving customers the ability to
delivery infrastructure along with the new Live Push manipulate content for personalized streaming,
Ingest capabilities, chunk transfer encoded media dynamic ad insertion and other use cases,” said Dave
can be delivered to viewers while media segments McCarthy, Research Director, Edge Strategies at IDC.
are still being ingested. In addition to its plans for “Developers can define and deploy workflows at the
CTE media streaming, Limelight announced it will be network edge, achieving the low latency responses that
increasing the capacity of its Limelight Realtime are required for real-time interactions.”
Streaming solution in response to customer Limelight’s edge services platform includes a unique
demand. Limelight Realtime Streaming is the first combination of global private infrastructure, intelligent
scalable, sub-second live video streaming solution software, and expert support services that enable
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