Nokia and Sky enhance on-demand video services in the UK
February 01 2017 - 2:01AM
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
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