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Aldea and BT Partner
to Offer Global Media & Broadcast Services
October 15th 2013
Aldea Solutions Inc. and BT Media & Broadcast
announced a partnership to provide
seamless Occasional Use (OU) services for global
events. By combining the strength of Aldea’s
network and customer sites in North and South
America, with BT’s network and customer sites in
EMEA and Asia, including the BT Tower, (one of
the world’s largest video switching hubs), the
two companies can provide a seamless service
anywhere in the world.
The partnership will ensure Aldea’s and BT’s
respective customers benefit from a wider
geographic reach, with video transport services
available across the globe. As part of the
agreement, Aldea and BT will combine their
capabilities and networks to offer services for
the transmission of events including fiber,
teleport and satellite services, encoding,
standards conversion, streaming and
distribution.
“The interconnection
of our companies’ complementary terrestrial
networks will greatly benefit our customers
requiring global solutions” said Lionel
Bentolila CEO of Aldea. “We are very pleased to
be working with BT as this is the type of
alliance we were looking for to speed up our
growth and strengthen our media presence around
the world” said Gustavo M. de la Garza, Chairman
of Aldea.
“BT Media and Broadcast has a long history in OU
event broadcasting and the partnership with
Aldea, with its strong presence in the Americas,
brings not only global reach, but also a
fantastic level of expertise in the delivery of
OU transmissions” continued James Hennah, CEO of
BT Media & Broadcast.
BT’s Global Media Network has PoPs and gateways
in more than 20 cities worldwide, with access to
a global viewing audience via a multitude of
channels.
“We currently have around 500 broadcasters,
content distributers and DTH platforms connected
to our global networks” commented Mark
Wilson-Dunn, VP of Global Sales and Marketing at
BT Media and Broadcast. “Together with Aldea we
are now able to cover any event, anytime,
anywhere”.
Aldea’s video network reaches 13 countries
including coverage of all main markets in North
and South America. Aldea’s network unique
footprint connects directly with high capacity
fiber to major broadcasters, DTH platforms and
content producers in the Americas. The networks
will initially interconnect in New York.
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