Global Crossing Chosen by DIRECTV for Broadband Connectivity Enabling Real-Time, Secure Transmission of Rich Broadcast Content Between Key Broadcast Centers
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001--Global Crossing Ltd (NYSE:GX - news):
Global Crossing to connect the DIRECTV Broadcast Centers in Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Colorado.
Connection to facilitate transmission of data and images for UltimateTV and TiVo.
Global Crossing Ltd (NYSE:GX - news) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading provider of digital satellite television services, to provide broadband connectivity between the company's broadcast centers in Los Angeles and Castle Rock, Colorado. The connection will be used to transmit data, support a variety of rich media real-time applications, and enable high-capacity, highly scalable video transmission.
The OC-3 connection, which leverages Global Crossing's seamless fiber optic network that will stretch over 100,000 route miles and reach more than 200 cities, will enable DIRECTV to transport data for DIRECTV receivers equipped with UltimateTV and TiVo services and other applications between its primary and secondary broadcast centers. This agreement is the first step toward making DIRECTV an anchor tenant on the Global Crossing Media & Entertainment global extranet.
``We are very pleased to be providing broadband connectivity to the recognized national leader in direct broadcast satellite television,'' said Donna Reeves, President, Global Crossing Media & Entertainment Markets. ``Addressing the demand for bandwidth is only one of the many ways we intend to serve the media and entertainment industry. The Global Crossing Media & Entertainment extranet will also enable this vital community of interest to connect, communicate and collaborate on a global basis.''
Global Crossing Media & Entertainment Markets is creating the world's most advanced communications platform dedicated to the worldwide media and entertainment industries. Designed to optimize the latest applications for Film Production, Television Broadcast, and Digital Asset Management, Global Crossing's extranet enables the media and entertainment business community to digitally create, collaborate, store, and distribute products on a worldwide basis.
This includes, in 2001, the development of a global Media & Entertainment extranet, enabling industry participants to exchange digital content over a secure, high-speed broadband connection. The extranet will connect geographically dispersed media facilities via the broadband exchange of TV-quality video, CD-quality audio, live event broadcasting, feature films and commercial production and on-demand applications. |
