February 21, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks (limelightnetworks.com) announced on Tuesday that music-on-demand provider Mix & Burn (mixandburn.com) has selected Limelight as the content delivery platform for its Music Tablet kiosks. The kiosks enable consumers in retail stores to download digital songs on demand and create customized audio CDs on the spot.
Limelight Networks provides the high-capacity infrastructure for delivering hundreds of millions of music selections every day to Music Tablet CD creation stations, enabling consumers to select from a comprehensive music inventory to build their own "greatest hits" collections, themed music discs, or any other combination of songs they wish.
To ensure a wide selection, Mix & Burn has contracted with all four major music industry labels -- Universal, Warner, EMI and Sony BMG -- and is working with various indie labels to expand its digital catalog in the coming months. Mix & Burn will also soon provide content downloads through its kiosks to emerging portable digital devices, including cell phones and video players.
"Mix & Burn's innovative music delivery technology marks a new direction in services targeted to the vast and growing base of consumers embracing the 'digital lifestyle,'" says Lou Greco, VP of sales for Limelight Networks. "Limelight's proven reliability and scalability enable retailers to leverage Mix & Burn's kiosks to meet the high expectations of these enthusiastic music customers."