BBC Technology, provider of products and services to global media-driven organizations, has signed a new contract with Discovery Networks International to provide high-bandwidth streamed programme content to Discovery Channel website users via BBC Technology’s dedicated broadband service in international markets outside the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, BBC Technologys Internet Solutions team will encode programmes onto a digital platform and
provide content hosting and streaming, thereby laying the foundation for future multi-channel content delivery of Discovery networks family of 10 international channels.
“In this new, multi-platform world we live in, its vital that we can provide our audiences with content in whatever format they want it, wherever and whenever they want,” said Tanya Field, vice president, new media, Discovery Networks International. “BBC Technology will help us make the most of our content by optimizing accessibility of programme material as well as the audiences’ experience of it. In addition, we will be able to
create new revenue opportunities by offering fresh and compelling forms of
interaction with our programming.”
The implementation utilizes several elements of BBC Technology’s Internet Solutions portfolio, including: content encoding, digital rights management capabilities and intelligent network delivery.