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FILM FESTIVALS ON AKAMAI
FILMFESTIVALS.COM CHOOSES AKAMAI TO LAUNCH ONLINE INTERACTIVE FILM
PORTAL
Interactive Content To Accompany Features
Paris April 5, 2001- For the launch of its online interactive film
portal, Filmfestivals.com has selected Akamai's FreeFlow content
delivery service to provide fast and reliable delivery of its films.
Akamai's FreeFlow service delivers Filmfestivals.com's films and
videos to its online audience with enhanced performance and reliability
and optimizes the website's performance even during peak traffic
periods, it is announced by Filmfestivals president, Malo Girod
de l'Ain, and COO Bruno Chatelin.
Filmfestivals.com is launching its online interactive film portal
with a catalog of award winning films from the festival circuit
and world premieres of films ahead of their theatrical window.
Films are shown in a unique technological environment allowing interactive
content to enrich the film screening experience. These will include
for each film background interviews with stars and filmmakers, stills,
festival track records, dedicated forum, chat rooms, film quiz,
and film soundtrack elements.
The server's broadband portal, FilmfestivalsTV.com, will also netcast
a wide range of broadband content such as award winners short films,
exclusive interviews… fresh from festivals
Stated Malo Girod de l'Ain: "We have selected Akamaï
to create together the bases of tomorrow's interactive virtual theaters.
Akamaï brings us the network and servers to become the leading
destination for film buffs worlwide in search of new independent
films."
We are building a new way to experience movies with online interactivity.
We provide viewers and film teams innovative online experience to
interact around the film. The first ten films are all available
simultaneously for audiences that have broadband connections."
Added Bruno Chatelin: "Broadband tidal wave is here with
just above 9 millions US homes subscribing to broadband Internet
access. We have recognised their need for quality content and desire
for optimal viewing quality. We also believe film willl no longer
be experienced on the Internet the way it was traditionnally seen
in other media."
First slate of films premiered online earlier during Sundance
Rotterdam, Berlin include film presented and winning numerous awards
at festivals running from Sundance to Moscow, San Sebastian, Karlovy
Vary, Geneva…
FilmfestivalsTV.com will premiere one new film per day during Cannes
Film Festival.
By the end of this year the catalog will include over 300 titles
and hundreds of short films.
About Akamai
Akamai is the leading Content Delivery Service Provider, serving
over 2,800 customers worldwide. Akamai has the broadest deployment
of servers for content, streaming media, and applications delivery
with more than 6,000 servers in 54 countries directly connected
within 335 different telecommunications networks. Akamai Technologies,
Inc. is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and has European
subsidiaries in London, England, Paris, France, and Munich, Germany
- which also serves as Akamai's EMEA headquarters. Further information
is available at www.akamai.com.
About Filmfestivals.com
Filmfestivals.com, the world's largest film festival server with
offices in France, the USA, U.K. and Italy, was founded by Malo
Girod de l'Ain, president, in 1995 when it created the first website
for the Cannes International Film Festival. The site now lists more
than 1,000 film festivals worldwide, and has extensive online tools
to help festival organizers, filmmakers, producers, distributors
in such areas as marketing, film registration, web presence and
ticket sales. FilmfestivalsTV was launched at last year's Berlin
Film Festival with video coverage of major festivals. FilmfestivalsTV
produces also a monthly TV show: Non Stop Film Festivals.
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