Video is hot, contiued: Limelight raises $130 million from Goldman の記事は注目。
Limelight はＣＤＮのサービスを提供している会社。 BrightcoveなどインターネットＴＶ関連の配信ネットワークを支えている。（提携もしている） YoutubeなどもこのＣＤＮを利用している。
その会社が１３０Ｍの調達とはすごいですね。 業績に調子いい。前四半期比で４０％成長。前年同期比で200％成長だそうです。これはＹｏｕｔｕｂｅの成長が大きいように思います。 MySpace や Youtubeが顧客だと、成長しますよねー。
Limelight Networks' Q2 Revenue Increases More Than 35% to Well Over $14 Million
Q2 2006 marks Limelight's 11th consecutive quarter of profitability and 20th consecutive quarter of revenue growth
TEMPE, AZ - July 20, 2006 - Limelight Networks, the world's leading content delivery network for digital media, today reported continued strong growth in the second quarter of 2006, as revenue rose to over $14 million, an increase of nearly 40% from the first quarter of 2006 and over 200% from the same quarter last year. The latest period marks the company's 11th consecutive quarter of net income profitability. Other financial highlights include:
- The second quarter of 2006 marked the company's 20th consecutive quarter of revenue growth.
- During the quarter, Limelight achieved monthly revenue of over $5 million for the first time.
- Limelight's customer base grew to more than 600 customers, up from less than 500 at year end 2005.
- Revenue for the first half of 2006 was more than $25 million, up more than 200% from the first half of 2005.
"Our strong Q2 financial performance - driven by both the growth of current customers and the addition of significant new customers - reinforces that the era of delivering live and on-demand media content to mass audiences is here to stay," said Bill Rinehart, CEO, Limelight Networks. "We are seeing this on two fronts. Our major media customers are enjoying strong results in the digital media arena and thus expanding their initiatives, while many of our emerging media customers, such as the social media companies, are growing at a breathtaking rate."
"Limelight Networks' stellar growth is directly reflective of its alignment with customers who are leading the innovation and growth across all digital media delivery segments," said Andrew Schroepfer, president of Tier1 Research. "Limelight has clearly emerged as a go-to content delivery network in the quickly expanding broadband consumer content market."
About Limelight Networks
Limelight Networks is the high performance content delivery network for digital media, providing massively scalable, global delivery solutions for on-demand and live Internet distribution of video, music, games and downloads. Limelight Networks' infrastructure is optimized for the large object sizes, large content libraries, and large audiences associated with compelling rich media content. Limelight is the content delivery network of choice for more than 600 of the world's top media companies, including Akimbo, ABC Radio Networks, Belo Interactive, Brightcove, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, Facebook, FOXNews.com, IFILM, Marimba, MSNBC.com, MySpace, NC Interactive, Real Networks Rhapsody, Radio Free Virgin, Valve Software, and Xbox Live. For more information, visit: http://www.llnw.com
