TeliaSonera International Carrier to power online TV services for YLE, Finland’s public broadcaster.
TeliaSonera International Carrier has announced that its Media Distribution Service (MDS) has been chosen by Finnish broadcaster YLE to power it’s new live streaming and catch up services, YLE Areena.
Finnish public broadcaster, YLE, broadcasts an array of content across its four channels, including international sports events. Through TeliaSonera’s Award Winning MDS, viewers will now be able to log on and view content live as well as on-demand.
Jorma Laiho, YLE’s Director of Corporate Technology, says “YLE appreciates unforced and seamless cooperation. In regards to the availability of programme content, customers now set the same requirements for the Internet as they do for TV and radio. The availability and processes in providing this service are thus of vital importance.”
TeliaSonera International Carrier’s Media Distribution Service manages the storage and distribution of content from upload right through to TV or online broadcast. For live and on demand services, it ensures flexibility and cost-efficiency.
Malin Sievers, Vice President and Head of Sales Region Nordic & Baltics, TeliaSonera International Carrier, adds “We are very confident that with the combination of TeliaSonera International Carrier’s global media network and our publishing platform, we will offer YLE a superb range of portfolio services comprising of live streaming, download, video-on-demand and secure storage.”
TeliaSonera International Carrier is the owner and operator of the largest fibre optic network in Europe, serving more than 85 percent of all European Internet Service Providers. Its Media Distribution Service gives broadcasters and content-holders the ability to distribute and publish their content online, all via TeliaSonera International Carrier’s global fibre optic network.
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TeliaSonera provides network access and telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera is also the leading European wholesale provider of quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, with a wholly-owned international carrier network. TeliaSonera’s services help people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way. TeliaSonera creates value by focusing on providing world-class customer experience, securing quality in networks and achieving a best-in-class cost structure. In 2009, TeliaSonera’s net sales amounted to SEK 109 billion, and at the end of December 2009 the total number of subscriptions was 147 million in 20 countries. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.teliasonera.com
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