Pando Networks Inc., creators of managed peer-to-peer content delivery platform, announced a new service to enable commercial content owners and media companies to stream and download full-screen HD-quality video to unlimited audiences, with their existing content delivery networks (CDNs), at a fraction of cost of using CDNs alone. The service, Pando Publisher, includes a web-based media console for publishing, tracking and monetizing high quality streaming and downloaded video, and a powerful CDN Peering technology that enables publishers to reduce their bandwidth costs by up to 99% without configuration or changes to existing CDNs. Pando intelligently offloads bandwidth from CDN web servers to available viewers, accelerating delivery and reducing costs as content becomes more popular.

Unlike P2P video aggregation services such as Joost, Pando Publisher enables publishers to distribute their own content, on their own sites, to their own consumers. Pando’s award-winning client has already been installed by 8.5 million people in its first year of commercial availability. Now, some of the first customers using Pando Publisher service include Blip.tv, Revver and Next New Networks.

“We’re excited to bring the speed, efficiency and ease of Pando to streaming video and thrilled to be recognized as a top innovator in our industry” said Robert Levitan, Pando Networks’ CEO. “P2P radically changes the economics of online media distribution. Now Pando can help content companies offer consumers breathtaking HD video experiences online.”

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