Comments on: Limelight Makes First Acquisition: Kiptronic

By: Akamai Simplifies iOS Streaming With Its HD Network

Akamai Simplifies iOS Streaming With Its HD Network — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:30:27 +0000

[...] And Akamai rival Limelight Networks purchased mobile delivery specialist Kiptronic, which provides dynamic delivery of mobile content based on the device that is requesting a web page or video [...]

By: Limelight Gets Into Video Management With Delve Networks Purchase

Limelight Gets Into Video Management With Delve Networks Purchase — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:01:42 +0000

[...] as it tries to differentiate its business from pure CDN services. Limelight had previously purchased Kiptronic, which offers a solution for dynamically serving websites and videos to any mobile device, without [...]

By: Akamai Going Mobile With Velocitude Buy

Akamai Going Mobile With Velocitude Buy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:25:54 +0000

[...] Velocitude buy is similar to rival Limelight Networks’ acquisition of mobile services firm Kiptronic last year. Kiptronic also provides on-the-fly mobile page transformation, enabling [...]

By: Are Publishers Ready to Embrace the iPad — Without Ads or Analytics?

Are Publishers Ready to Embrace the iPad — Without Ads or Analytics? — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:31:11 +0000

[...] video-capable mobile device, including the iPad. The service, which Limelight acquired through its purchase of mobile video firm Kiptronic last May, also uses Apple’s adaptive-bit rate streaming protocol for ad insertion and [...]

By: Limelight Agrees to Buy Up EyeWonder for $110M

Limelight Agrees to Buy Up EyeWonder for $110M — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:50 +0000

[...] in 2009 aimed at expanding beyond the commodity CDN market into more high-value services. It bought Kiptronic earlier this year to expand more deeply into mobile content [...]

By: Good News for VoloMedia: Google Integrations

Good News for VoloMedia: Google Integrations — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:07:37 +0000

[...] for portable media as well. (This is something that Volo competitor Kiptronic, which just got bought by Limelight Networks, already had.) And secondly, publisher access to iTunes data within Google Analytics via a plug-in [...]

By: VoloMedia at a Crossroads; Ditches Sales to Focus on Ad Serving

VoloMedia at a Crossroads; Ditches Sales to Focus on Ad Serving — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:01:46 +0000

[...] for downloaded media. The move came at nearly exactly the same time as competitor Kiptronic was bought by Limelight Networks last Wednesday and [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:27:42 +0000

@zane - That's right. They just had the foresight not to start their company name with "pod" and later change it, like everyone else did.

By: zane

zane — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:44:17 +0000

It's good to see that Kiptronic has both survived and succeeded. Cobb always seemed like one of the more low-key, smarter guys on the block, not rushed and not hype-driven. If I recollect, they came onto the early video podcast scene (seems like ages ago) then evolved with ad-serving product. Limelight's a nice fit, let's hope it's a great marriage.

By: Limelight, Looking to Add Value, Buys Ad Startup Kiptronic [GigaOM]

Limelight, Looking to Add Value, Buys Ad Startup Kiptronic [GigaOM] — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:10:26 +0000

[...] year Akamai also bought an ad startup — aCerno, for behavioral advertising. Kiptronic handles targeting, too, but its focus is dynamically delivered ads to media in any environment — on a mobile [...]