Entries for January 2009

Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, and Incited Media, LLC, whose services combine streaming media expertise with production capabilities, today announced that their partnership creates an end-to-end solution for the production, encoding and streaming of live events to online viewers. This announcement follows on the heels of several collaborative successes, including the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards on January 7th, during which hundreds of thousands of streams were successfully delivered to online audiences tapping into extensive coverage of red carpet events, backstage interviews and post-show festivities. All live streams were produced in real time by Incited Media, alongside the traditional broadcast coverage on CBS, and delivered over the Highwinds content delivery network (CDN) to broadband viewers.

Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that its content delivery network (CDN) successfully streamed live coverage of yesterday's historic Presidential Inauguration to global online viewers. The number of concurrent viewers watching live video streams over the Highwinds CDN reached its peak at more than 625,000 and 310 Gbps of bandwidth during the swearing-in ceremony of our nation's 44th President, Barack Obama. Highwinds worked closely with its customer, one of the largest names in news and broadcast media, and partners Octoshape and Adobe to deliver exceptional user experiences for a global audience watching the events online. The all-day live inaugural coverage, provided by Highwinds' customer and other news outlets around the world, is sure to set records for the largest-ever online audience for live streaming viewership in the history of the Internet.