Limelight Networks, Inc. a leading provider of edge cloud services, just introduced Limelight Realtime Streaming, the industry’s first globally scalable, sub-second live video streaming solution that’s natively supported by major browsers and devices. The new service also supports integrated realtime data, making it possible to create interactive live online experiences.

“By combining the lowest latency realtime video streaming and data, Limelight is making online viewing experiences more interactive. Limelight’s R&D team has solved the complex problem of delivering sub-second latency live video and data, globally, at scale,” said Bob Lento, Chief Executive Officer at Limelight Networks. “This integration opens up a world of possibilities for how viewers can interact with each other and with content distributors. Many industries can benefit from this capability, and we expect to see a new generation of immersive, low latency, content-rich applications driven by Limelight Realtime Streaming.”

The new service offered by Limelight leverages on the industry-standard WebRTC video format to offer live video from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world in less than a second. This experience is as close as one can have to live broadcast from TV stations today.  With Limelight’s global edge network,  providers can now deliver scalable, broadcast-quality, realtime video streaming that can be viewed in all major web browsers without the need for special software or plug-ins.

Some of the industry that stand to benefit from the new streaming breakthrough includes online games streaming, live sports broadcasts, plus many additional areas where milliseconds matter in video streaming applications like transportation, emergency and security applications.