Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) announced that EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, has chosen Akamai as the company's launch provider to deliver and manage its full length High Definition or HD movies.
Akamai said that EPIX supported a successful public launch of its service last month by leveraging a full suite of Akamai solutions, including launching as one of the first customers on Akamai's deployment of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5 with support for dynamic streaming. Also integral to the launch were Akamai Professional Services, Akamai NetStorage, Akamai's Open Video Player, Akamai EdgeScape for geotargeting and Akamai Media Analytics.
EPIX, a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (VIA, VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lionsgate (LGF), is a next-generation multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009.
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