Press Release -- May 11th, 2010
Source: Tata Communications
Tags: CDN, Content Delivery, Exchange, Submarine Cable, Video
Nimbus Communications' Cricketnirvana.com to stream live cricket matches using Tata Communications CDN platform
Mumbai, May 11, 2010: Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced that Cricketnirvana.com, a prominent cricket portal from the house of Nimbus Communications has chosen its CDN platform to stream live, on-demand and rich media cricket content.
Tata Communications' CDN service delivers among the highest performance and reliability in the industry while providing immediate access to content, including High-Definition Video, without delay or jitter. The CDN platform leverages Tata Communications' Tier-1 Global IP network for world-class resiliency and performance. The LiveBroadcastTM service, part of the Tata Communications' suite of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, is a Flash-based streaming service for broadcasting TV quality live content on the Internet. The LiveBroadcast service eliminates the need for expensive hardware and proprietary software and can support hundreds of thousands of concurrent streams worldwide.
Nimbus Communications has streamed the live cricket series of India – Srilanka, India – Srilanka- Bangladesh and more recently the India- South Africa series using Tata Communications CDN platform receiving more than 8 million page views per match-day.
"We are extremely happy to serve Cricketnirvana.com to deliver our flash-based live video service. This will allow millions of cricket enthusiasts across the world to watch live cricket matches on their computers. The win showcases the superiority of our CDN solution on quality, scalability and cost effectiveness," Genius Wong, Sr. Vice President, Global Network Services, Tata Communications said.
"We were moving to the ad based revenue model which requires a cost effective solution without compromising on the features and quality of the live broadcast and this is where Tata Communications' CDN services proved to be a better fit. Its distributed origin architecture along with clean pricing model makes it an ideal CDN services for portal like ours which receives millions of hits per match day., Mr. Jose Felix – Head, Nimbus Communications, New Media said."
About LiveBroadcast: Tata Communications' LiveBroadcast powered by BitGravity, provides an end-to-end solution that replicates and distributes content within two- to four-second delay, using the company's extensive Tier-1 IP backbone. Distributed Origin technology is used to deliver Flash/H.264 live streaming services and incoming live streams are simultaneously replicated on every delivery node leveraging the Tata Communications' IP backbone. Since no proprietary live server-based solution is used, the LiveBroadcast service can easily scale to handle any live event.
Besides LiveBroadcast, the Tata Communications suite of CDN services powered by BitGravity includes Tata Communications CDN, a next-generation CDN designed for a wide range of content delivery applications on a global scale; and Tata Communications CDN Plus and CDN Secure, designed for the distribution and protection of media assets
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About Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.
The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications' depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), and Nepal (United Telecom Limited).
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)
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Ravindran Subramanian
ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com
Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
juhee.bagri@tatacommunications.com
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