iStreamPlanet Securely Streams the 2006 Olympia Weekend

iStreamPlanet Leverages Its Digital Rights Management Technology Via Limelight Networks Content Delivery Network

iStreamPlanet, a leading media digital rights management (DRM) and managed webcasting solutions provider, today announced it teamed with Limelight Networks, the world's leading content delivery network for digital media, to deliver the popular webcast of the 2006 Olympia Weekend over the Internet. The event was delivered live from the Las Vegas Convention Center and Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday, September 29 and 30.

The Mr. Olympia Contest was created by Joe Weider when he realized that the bodybuilders of the 1960s needed a contest worthy of their talents. Mr. Weider had the foresight to recognize that the sport of bodybuilding would never reach its potential without an opportunity for athletes to compete and make a living doing so.

"We were pleased that thousands of bodybuilding fans had opportunity to watch Jay Cutler's historical victory over Ronnie Coleman in high quality broadband video, while ensuring that copyrights and content integrity were not been violated," said Mio Babic, President of iStreamPlanet. "For this important event we chose Limelight Networks as the content delivery network provider to compliment our DRM license delivery and pay-per-view services."

"Sporting fans everywhere are adopting a digital lifestyle, seizing the opportunity to watch more and more of their favorite sporting events online," said Lou Greco, vice president of sales for Limelight. "Our advanced distributed delivery platform was built for digital media and we were happy to have teamed with iStreamPlanet to help make the 2006 Mr. Olympia Contest a vivid and memorable event for viewers on the web."

The 2006 Olympia Weekend webcast was available live on a pay-per-view basis for $21.95 for those consumers who signed up prior to September 28th. Consumers are also able to watch the competition on demand through October 6th at http://hardbodyentertainment.tv/ for $24.95.

[via iStreamPlanet]