Mexico. For the World Cup that ends this week, Level 3 Communications, was in charge of distributing the international broadcast to TV Azteca, which used the high-quality video services Vyvx Solutions, for various routes in the international transmission of the tournament from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the TV Azteca teleport in Mexico City.
TV Azteca networks made a commitment to provide a transmission with comprehensive coverage of the sporting event for their millions of viewers. By working in conjunction with Level 3, the broadcaster enabled its customers to access each match with uninterrupted and seamless broadcast quality. Level 3 also managed all of TV Azteca's coding, transcoding and scrolling equipment.
"Football is not a sport that we in Mexico take lightly, and this particular competition is by far the biggest sporting event we broadcast, both in terms of the number of spectators and the amount of technical expertise needed to deliver it to fans through our networks. " commented Pedro Carmona Ortiz, Special Events Engineering Director of TV Azteca.
Vyvx Solutions are part of Level 3 Level 3 Video Cloud Services, a complete set of IP-based video services designed to support content delivery throughout its lifecycle, from signal acquisition to delivery to viewers.
Services include Vyvx live video streaming acquisition, coding and transcoding, global delivery via Level 3's CDN, as well as comprehensive, self-service analysis and reporting. For more information on content-based solutions, visit www.level3videocloud.com
