CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world's largest and most
trusted cloud delivery platform, and its partner, MobileRider
Networks LLC, the leader in smart streaming solutions, today
announced that NASA TV used technology and services from both
companies to deliver its comprehensive live coverage of the
August 21st North American
total solar eclipse. The combination of MobileRider's media player
with Akamai's Media Services Live and Adaptive Media Delivery video
steaming solutions under InfoZen's prime contract as the cloud
managed services provider, helped NASA TV deliver high-quality
video to 12.1 million unique viewers who watched the live stream
via the NASA.gov site on connected devices around the world.
"We waited nearly a century for the August 21st total solar eclipse
to cross the United States from
coast to coast," John Yembrick,
NASA's chief of digital communications, said of the total solar
eclipse coverage, "and now, with live streaming video on NASA.gov,
people around the world were able to witness the total solar
eclipse through the eyes of NASA."
"For months, a great deal of planning went into the end-to-end
planning, testing, integration, implementation and support to
deliver eclipse content to accommodate an unknown number of
viewers. We were extremely proud to be architecting, implementing,
and orchestrating the technology providers behind an event of this
magnitude on a program that helps NASA promote new discoveries,
events and services through the web and cloud," said Raj
Ananthanpillai, president & CEO, InfoZen.
As the moon passed in front of the sun during a two-hour period
on August 21st, 14 states
across the U.S. experienced more than two minutes of darkness,
while a partial eclipse was visible across all of North America. Powered by Akamai and
MobileRider, NASA TV successfully delivered its global broadcast of
the event, providing unprecedented footage of the sun, Earth and
moon, and their interaction across the total eclipse's extended
trajectory from coast to coast. Coverage featured live reports from
Charleston, South Carolina;
Idaho Falls, Idaho; Jefferson City, Missouri; Salem, Oregon; and several other U.S. cities
in its path.
"NASA TV's live streaming coverage of the solar eclipse is yet
another example of how the Internet can make not just the world,
but the universe, a smaller place, allowing people worldwide to
take part in such a unique experience," said John Bishop, CTO, Media, Akamai. "To be an
integral part of bringing such an unusual event to millions of
viewers around the globe is an experience our team won't soon
forget and something we're incredibly proud to have helped
support."
"Coverage of the eclipse was the largest event that Akamai and
MobileRider have helped NASA TV deliver over the several years that
we have worked together," said Noah
Hollander, Chief Operating Officer at MobileRider. "It was a
huge honor to be part of this and, remarkably, from an online
viewership perspective, the eclipse saw more unique viewers than
many of the highest-profile sporting events delivered on the
Internet. We are already looking forward to streaming the next
total solar eclipse April
8th, 2024."
About MobileRider
MobileRider's mission is to provide
businesses with enterprise class SMART-STREAMING-SOLUTIONS.
MobileRider offers event owners a complete set of hardware,
software, encoding CDN and satellite solutions to share their
events from anywhere to anyone, everywhere. Founded in 2006,
Mobilerider LLC is headquartered in
Salt Lake City, UT. Please
visit www.mobilerider.com and follow @Mobilerider
on Twitter.
About Akamai
As the world's largest and most trusted
cloud delivery platform, Akamai makes it easier for its customers
to provide the best and most secure digital experiences on any
device, anytime, anywhere. Akamai's massively distributed
platform is unparalleled in scale with over 200,000 servers across
130 countries, giving customers superior performance and threat
protection. Akamai's portfolio of web and mobile performance,
cloud security, enterprise access, and video delivery
solutions are supported by exceptional customer service and
24/7 monitoring. To learn why the top financial institutions,
e-commerce leaders, media & entertainment providers, and
government organizations trust Akamai please
visit www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on
Twitter.
About InfoZen
InfoZen is a transformational IT company
that provides systems modernization, cloud solutions and DevOps
supporting critical national security missions with complex
environments. Our employees innovate constantly, thinking about
advanced information and process technologies in unconventional
ways to produce dramatic improvements. We stay on top of the latest
advances – Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of
Things – delivering secure solutions tailored to help customers
solve their most challenging business issues. For more information,
please visit www.infozen.com and follow @InfoZenCorp on
Twitter.
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