FEATURE ARTICLES The Level 3 Media Delivery Vision By Mark Taylor, Vice President, Media Delivery Product Management and Strategy The story of how and why Level 3 entered the CDN business is only partially known. When we entered the CDN business two years ago, we assumed the coming explosion in rich media content delivered over the Internet would require a strategic approach to CDN that was different from that of the existing CDN network providers. We also anticipated that the unique demands of rich media content delivery would be uniquely served by the combination of Level 3’s existing assets and a CDN network. This realization spurred Level 3 to purchase one of the world’s first Content Delivery Networks built back in the mid-‘90s by a company called Sandpiper Networks. This part of our story is well known, but there’s more to the story that I’d like to share with you. > Read more. Smooth Streaming – Making HD Web Video a Reality By Jim Thill, Senior Product Manager, Silverlight Media, Microsoft In March 2009, Microsoft released Smooth Streaming, an extension to Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services that enables adaptive streaming of media to Silverlight™ clients over HTTP. Learn more about the advantages of Smooth Streaming, and how Microsoft and Level 3 partnered to deliver streaming media files over Level 3’s CDN for the first public Live Smooth Streaming experience: France Télévision’s coverage of the French Open from May 24-June 7, 2009. > Read more. LEVEL 3 CUSTOMER NEWS   Level 3 recently launched its Media Delivery showcase website focused on the latest trends, and our latest activities, in media delivery. > Read more. The Level 3 CDN averages over one trillion requests for content per month. That’s equivalent to 700 requests from each of the world’s estimated 1.5 billion Internet users. In the last six months, monthly data delivered by Level 3 increased by almost 75%. In the most recent month, over 550 petabytes of content were delivered, enough to fill over 40 million 100 gigabyte disk drives. Growth in video content has been particularly strong. In the last six months, the amount of content delivered for our primary video-centric customers increased by over 100%. Seeking Alpha: Level 3 is Closing CDN Deals Light Reading: Level 3 Connects with Adobe Flash Press Release: Level 3 Launches New High-Speed Content Upload Service Join us at the Level 3-sponsored Open Video Conference in New York, June 19-20, 2009. Sign up for the Rocky Mountain Adobe Camp, sponsored by Level 3, in Denver, June 22, 2009. Register for GigaOM Structure '09 in San Francisco, June 25, 2009, and hear Level 3’s Mark Taylor speak on “Enabling the Cloud Era.” LEVEL 3 MEDIA DELIVERY NEWS Level 3SM Vyvx® Services Expand in North America and Europe Level 3 Vyvx services continued to gain momentum this last quarter. Level 3 upgraded its Television Switching Center (TSC) in Las Vegas to support Digital Services and also launched the Vyvx Munich PoP in Germany. > Read more. Level 3 Launches Managed Video Network Service At the National Association of Broadcasters show, in Las Vegas, on April 20, 2009, Level 3 announced a brand new Level 3 Vyvx Service offering: Managed Video Network Services (MVNS). > Read more. Level 3 CDN Media Portal Update Several new features for the CDN Media Portal were released in Q2, including an improved services dashboard and a Debug player for Adobe® Flash® streaming. > Read more. IN THE SPOTLIGHT Level 3’s Andrew Swart is named a 2009 Streaming Media All-Star. Each year, Streaming Media honors the most influential and innovative individuals in the world of online video by naming them to their annual list of Streaming Media All-Stars. In April of 2009, Level 3’s Vice President of Content Markets, Andrew Swart, who helped develop the first content delivery network in 1996, was named to this list. Swart is one of 17 All-Stars being recognized for evangelizing the value of streaming media and helping to realize its vast potential. See the full list of 2009 All-Stars on StreamingMedia.com, including a profile highlighting Swart’s proudest achievements, and what his vision of streaming media is for the future.

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