CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content
delivery network (CDN) services, today announced that video
streaming coverage of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration is the
largest single live news event that the company has delivered. Live
video streaming of the Inauguration peaked at 8.7 Tbps at
12:04 p.m. ET during the opening of
the President's speech, exceeding the previous record of 7.5 Tbps
set during Election Day coverage on
the evening of November 8th, 2016.
Akamai supported 4.6 million concurrent viewers of the Inauguration
at peak on behalf of its leading broadcaster customers.
"The Presidential Inauguration is the latest in a series of
record-breaking live, online video streaming events that we have
supported over the last year," said Bill
Wheaton, Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Media at Akamai. "More people than ever are watching video online,
and it's being done across more devices at increasingly higher
levels of quality."
From an historical perspective, the 2009 Inauguration reached
1.1 Tbps on Akamai and the Royal Wedding in 2011 hit 1.3 Tbps. More
recently, the 2016 Euro soccer
tournament final peaked at 7.3 Tbps and the Rio women's team
gymnastics final hit 4.5 Tbps.
Learn more about Akamai's live video streaming services at this
link.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery
Network (CDN) services, Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable
and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web
performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery
solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer,
enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere.
To learn how Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are
helping businesses move faster forward, please visit www.akamai.com
or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
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Tom Barth
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Media
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Investor Relations
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617-444-2987
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617-274-7130
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tbarth@akamai.com
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SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.