BBC Technology announced The Press Association (PA) as its latest Media Communications customer, joining the growing number of broadcast organisations – including Globecast, BBC News, EBU, Sky, TVNZ and MTV – to use its London Media Gateway. The Press Association will use BBC Technology’s London Media Gateway for ad hoc distribution of its television news and sports footage. PA will also use the service to distribute BBC television news material to broadcasters outside the UK from the day of transmission.
BBC Technology’s London Media Gateway, part of the company’s Media Communications services, is a fully resilient fibre ring in London that enables the London broadcast community to exchange content and access BBC and EBU feeds, as well as to access international gateways and BBC Technology’s teleports at London and Brookmans Park.