Nokia and Sky enhance on-demand video services in the UK
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Press release
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that its Velocix Content Delivery Network
(CDN) has been deployed by Sky, Europe's leading entertainment company. The
alliance enhances Sky's high-speed video and data services for the company's
millions of UK customers
1 February 2017
Sky's expansion of on-demand premium video content is creating unprecedented
growth in customer traffic. This increasingly challenges delivery resources and
operational costs across the company's entertainment and communications service
networks. Deployment of the Nokia Velocix CDN allows Sky to temporarily cache
content closer to customers in localized cloud data centers to reduce
transportation costs and improve the customer experience.
Nokia is providing its Velocix Managed Service expertise - via its CDN Network
Operations Center - to assure faster time-to-market for Sky, which will gain
fuller control of design, implementation, and operations. In particular, the new
solution provides better visibility for traffic demands and flows, ensuring
greater predictability of performance and network usage compared to its current
CDN service.
The migration of existing Sky services to the Velocix CDN was seamless. Using
the advanced features of the Velocix Proxy Language, call flows were easily
customized without requiring product development.
Key Facts
* Deployment of Nokia's Velocix CDN across the Sky UK network satisfies the
content demands of millions of customers subscribing to both broadband and
satellite services. Traffic has been live in the network since the end of
2015.
* Sky can modify how a request for content from subscribers is treated
depending on a user's location or device. This opens up a wealth of
personalization opportunities to improve the customer experience, or traffic
management on the network.
* Nokia solution currently serves the Sky On Demand service content. Sky and
Nokia are jointly working to expand the Velocix solution to also support Sky
Go and Now TV services for live TV and video on demand.
* The Velocix solution gives Sky greater deployment efficiencies in terms of
data center density and footprint, as well as power and connectivity
options.
Mohamed Hammady, UK Chief Technology Officer, Sky said: "Nokia is a trusted
partner of Sky. Using Nokia's Velocix CDN, we have greater traffic visibility in
the network, allowing us to regain control of managing the network capacity.
Deploying the solution deep in the network also ensures we can manage delivery
more effectively to improve performance and the customer experience. The
introduction of Velocix CDN to support growth of our video on demand services
was seamless."
Paul Larbey, head of Nokia's IP Video business, adds: "The Sky project
represents a milestone for Nokia as it's the first deployment for a nationwide
broadcaster and builds on Nokia's number one position in the service provider
CDN market. It shows that our Velocix CDN - which delivers high-quality
programming - aligns with the needs of broadcasters and content providers in
addition to those of IPTV and cable operators. Our innovative IP video portfolio
will help Sky manage traffic more cost-effectively and efficiently."
Resources:
* Website: Nokia IP Video
* Website: Velocix Media Delivery Platform
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About Sky
Sky is Europe's leading entertainment company, serving 21 million customers
across five countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy. We offer the
best and broadest range of content, deliver market-leading customer service and
use innovative new technology to give customers a better TV experience, whenever
and wherever they choose.
Sky has annual revenues of over £11 billion and is Europe's leading investor in
television content with a combined programming budget of over £4.9 billion. The
group employs 30,000 people and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SKY).
For more information visit www.sky.com/corporate
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in creating the technologies at the heart of our
connected world. Powered by the research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we
serve communications service providers, governments, large enterprises and
consumers, with the industry's most complete, end-to-end portfolio of products,
services and licensing.
From the enabling infrastructure for 5G and the Internet of Things, to emerging
applications in virtual reality and digital health, we are shaping the future of
technology to transform the human experience. www.nokia.com
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Datum: 01.02.2017 - 08:00 Uhr
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