MUMBAI: Epix, the next generation entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, has chosen Akamai as the company’s launch provider to deliver and manage its full-length High Definition (HD) films.
 
Epix delivers blockbusters, new releases, library classics and original content across its HD television channel, video-on-demand service and EpixHD.com website.  
 
Says Epix VP operations Thomas Carpenter, "Akamai’s ability to seamlessly deliver our movies, concerts, comedy specials and events in HD allows us to fulfill our promise of a quality, TV-like experience in the broadband medium."

Comments Akamai executive VP global sales, services and marketing Robert Hughes, "Feature length movies provide the perfect opportunity to be viewed at full 1280x720 resolution content in full screen. To handle that type of resolution, our customers are increasingly taking advantage of adaptive bitrate streaming, a key requirement to ensure consistency and a high-quality, TV-like experience for viewers."