EdgeCast Enhances Platform

LOS ANGELES -- EdgeCast Networks, the superior, cost-effective rich media content delivery network (CDN), today announced several enhancements to its streaming platform including new security features, European live stream publishing points, customized Silverlight players, and improved analytics.

The company has successfully deployed live streaming in production for both Flash and Windows Media. This complements their successful launch in August of their on-demand Flash and Windows streaming services. The company beefed up its already robust streaming capabilities by deploying additional streaming capacity, and:

EdgeCast's industry-leading analytics suite now includes an up-to-the-minute statistical view that gives immediate insight into how many viewers are watching each stream, enabling immediate feedback on content popularity. EdgeCast customers can view this data through the EdgeCast reporting interface or feed it into their own reports/intranet via XML API.

"After successfully taking our Live Streaming offerings out of beta last quarter, we've responded to customer feedback and incorporated several important new features," said James Segil, president of EdgeCast Networks. "Many of our media customers wanted better visibility into their audience usage, and we've delivered that with these new analytics improvements. Additionally, licensing and syndication agreements require many of our customers to exert finer control over who could watch what, when, and where. All these new features will make streaming a more transparent, secure and profitable endeavor."

EdgeCast Networks Inc.