Akamai and iStreamPlanet to Power Live and on-Demand Video for NBC`s Coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

End-to-end solution leverages iStreamPlanet`s managed services and the Akamai HD
Network to stream high quality Microsoft Silverlight video to online audiences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic
transactions and enterprise applications online and iStreamPlanet, a leading
provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, today
announced they have been selected to work with Microsoft Corp. to provide an
integrated, end-to-end solution to deliver live and on-demand video online for
NBC during the network`s coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games,
February 12-28. The solution will leverage Microsoft IIS Smooth Streaming to
deliver an uninterrupted, high-quality streaming experience to online audiences
via Microsoft Silverlight-based media players.

iStreamPlanet will be providing turnkey satellite downlink encoding and
production services to the Smooth Streaming for Silverlight format and the video
will be delivered to online audiences over the Akamai HD Network. iStreamPlanet
will be encoding 23 video feeds including nine venue feeds, four broadcast
feeds, one Olympic News Channel, six Beauty Cams, two Victory Ceremonies and one
Press Conference. All 23 feeds are originating from Vancouver, British Columbia
and transported to iStreamPlanet`s Las Vegas Webcast Operations Center over OC12
via IP multicast.

The NBC Olympics online Silverlight player will leverage Akamai HD for Microsoft
Silverlight and the Akamai HD Network, Akamai`s next generation video delivery
offering, to deliver both live and on demand streaming to broadcast-sized
audiences with a personalized and interactive online experience and quality
designed to match and complements the TV experience. A key feature of Akamai HD
for Microsoft Silverlight is adaptive bitrate streaming based on IIS Smooth
Streaming, which is architected to enable uninterrupted video playback at HD
bitrates that seamlessly adjust to fluctuations in available bandwidth to
provide the best quality possible for each user.

"With consumer appetite for online video increasing and quality improving, we
expect the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games will prove to be a milestone in
innovation and online video," said Robert Hughes, Executive Vice President of
Global Sales, Services and Marketing at Akamai. "Akamai is thrilled to support
NBC`s innovative coverage of this global event. The Akamai HD Network is
designed to let broadcasters enhance television coverage by enabling the highest
possible online video experiences, complete with interactivity and at broadcast
scale."

"We are honored to be chosen to assist NBC and Microsoft in what we believe will
be a historic webcast," said Mio Babic, President and CEO, iStreamPlanet.
"Drawing on our vast experience in live events, we have worked closely with
Akamai and NBC to put together a solution that we believe will provide a unique
experience for viewers of the Vancouver Winter Games."

iStreamPlanet is collaborating with Akamaion the content ingestion and
publishing points management architecture to make sure all created content is
delivered in the highest possible quality.

"NBC has chosen the best combination of partners in iStreamPlanet and Akamai to
enable its online coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics," said Perkins
Miller, senior vice president, digital media, NBC Olympics. "iStreamPlanet`s
automated architecture for downlink and encoding combined with Akamai`s HD
Network ensure our coverage will be the best possible quality available for our
viewers during the Vancouver Winter Games."

The Akamai HD Network offers adaptive bitrate streaming capabilities across
playback formats that are specifically optimized to work with Akamai's HD
EdgePlatform for the fastest and most consistent video bitrate switching -
designed to enable an instant and uninterrupted viewing experience for consumers
even at the highest bitrates. Leveraging Akamai's entire HTTP footprint, video
over Akamai's HD Network is delivered from servers closer to audiences around
the world. As a result, Akamai can more tightly control the amount of time the
player needs to buffer before switching streams. The shorter the buffer, the
faster the stream can adapt and respond to changing end-user conditions.

"iStreamPlanet and Akamai`s partnership will help Microsoft deliver the highest
quality online video with IIS Smooth Streaming and Silverlight for NBC`s
coverage of the Vancouver Winter Games," said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice
president of the .NET Developer Division at Microsoft Corp. "These companies
have demonstrated continued commitment to delivering HTTP adaptive streaming and
high-definition video across the Web, and Microsoft is looking forward to seeing
the benefits this work has to offer for the future of online sports and
entertainment events."

To streamline the content acquisition, encoding and live streams provisioning
process including failover scenarios, iStreamPlanet has developed a workflow
automation service that enables NBC to start and stop acquiring the desired
multicast stream, route that stream to the available encoder, provision all
publishing points required to run the live event, pass created encoding profile
information including server ingest information to the designated encoder, start
encoding and notify NBC`s scheduling system when the encoding process has
started and stopped as well as return live event start times so play-by-play
data can be synched with the video and audio.

About NBC Olympics

NBC has broadcast 11 Olympics, the most Olympics broadcast by any network. NBC
surpassed ABC`s 10 Olympics with the 2008 Beijing Games, the most watched
television event in U.S. history with 215 million viewers. The 2010 Vancouver
Games mark the sixth of an unprecedented seven consecutive Olympic broadcasts by
NBC Sports. The impressive streak began with the 2000 Sydney Games and continues
through the 2012 London Games. NBC has broadcast eight of the last 10 Olympic
Games, both summer and winter; Vancouver will mark the ninth out of the last 11.

About iStreamPlanet

iStreamPlanet develops and provides digital media strategy, managed webcasting
services, and Rich Internet Applications. The company successfully integrates
managed services and SaaS-based digital media applications that cover all
aspects of a media delivery, enabling enterprises and other content owners to
distribute and monetize their digital media across multiple platforms.
iStreamPlanet`s team of digital media and broadcast experts has managed and
enabled the deployment of more than 1,000 large live events viewed online by
millions, including the Presidential Inauguration and the Michael Jackson
Memorial. The world`s top business leaders (American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar,
Microsoft), trendiest music festivals (Bonnaroo, Coachella, SXSW), most popular
sporting events (Masters Golf Tournament, Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday
Night Football) and major broadcasters (CBS Television, Cablevision, Fox
International, NBC) rely on iStreamPlanet`s digital media solutions. Through its
partnership with Smart City, iStreamPlanet also supports over 60 of the largest
U.S. convention centers and event facilities. Founded in 2000, the privately
held company is headquartered in Las Vegas with offices in Orlando, Florida;
Scottsdale, Arizona; and Washington, D.C. More information is available by
calling 702-492-5900 or visiting http://www.istreamplanet.com.

About Akamai

Akamai® provides market-leading managed services for powering video, dynamic
transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content
delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services have been adopted by the
world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to
centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global network of tens of thousands of
distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for
businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more
viable place to inform, entertain, advertise, interact, and collaborate. To
experience The Akamai Difference, visit www.akamai.com.

Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects
of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes
of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 including statements about expected performance of Akamai technology in
conjunction with other providers. Actual results may differ materially from
those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various
important factors including, but not limited to, the effects of any attempts to
intentionally disrupt our services or network by hackers or others, failure of
certain technologies to work as expected, changes in technologies offered by
iStreamPlanet or other third parties and/or Akamai technologies that limit or
eliminate inter-operability, failure of Akamai to have sufficient transmission
capacity to handle high traffic levels, unexpected termination of agreements in
place between Akamai and Microsoft and NBC, a failure of Akamai's network
infrastructure, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents
periodically filed with the SEC.

Akamai Technologies
Jennifer Donovan, 650-627-5395
jdonovan@akamai.com
or
iStreamPlanet
Randy Levine, 702-492-5915
RLevine@istreamplanet.com

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