Star Search and Deal or No Deal Game Shows use Velocix to Broadcast Live
March 31st, 2008
MediaCorp, national broadcaster in Singapore, selects Velocix Digital
Asset Delivery Network to provide live broadcast streaming services
Cambridge, UK – March 31, 2008 – Velocix (www.velocix.com), provider of
the world’s leading Digital Asset Delivery Network, announced today that
it is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to
provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time
talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show,
Deal or No Deal.
Koh Peck Kheng, AVP, MediaCorp says: “We are seeing exponential growth
and increased demand from viewers watching live on-line episodes of our
hit TV programs, as well as our subscription VOD service MOBTV
(MediaCorp On-line Broadband TV). Velocix provides us with proven
experience and delivery capabilities, allowing us to provide a premium
service to our on-line viewers with multiple live video feeds from both
stage and backstage areas.”
Phill Robinson, CEO, Velocix added: “We are enabling Singapore’s leading
and most established broadcaster to air live, streaming TV of its top
programs. Our work with MediaCorp with both its live streaming and VOD
download service is further evidence of our success in helping deliver
some of the most popular TV shows over the Internet to large global
audiences.”
Designed to meet the rich media needs demanded by content owners,
Velocix provides a new generation Content Delivery Network and related
services. Velocix delivers unprecedented performance, breakthrough
economics and an asset delivery lifecycle management system that
provides content owners with the control, analytics and reporting they
need to manage their asset libraries through the digital distribution
chain.
About Velocix
Formally known as CacheLogic, Velocix provides the world’s leading
Digital Asset Delivery Network, a new generation Content Delivery
Network designed to meet the rich media needs of the 21st century
Internet.
Velocix is relied upon globally by owners of large digital assets -
including video, software and games – to provide unparalleled quality of
service and on-line delivery performance, with affordable economics.
Velocix does all this whilst also providing new levels of control over
the global digital distribution chain.
About MediaCorp
MediaCorp is Singapore’s leading media company with the most complete
range of platforms, spanning television, radio, newspapers, magazines,
movies and digital media.
It pioneered the development of Singapore’s broadcasting industry,
hitting the radio airwaves in 1936 and beaming the first TV pictures in
1963. Today, MediaCorp has over 55 products in four languages (English,
Mandarin, Malay and Tamil), reaching out to 99.4 percent of Singapore
adults each week.
Among them are industry firsts viz an outdoor digital television that
was the first in the world to use Digital Video Broadcast technology,
and Asia’s first Digital Audio Broadcast radio service. Initiatives in
the digital space include a highly successful online classifieds,
Internet TV-on-demand and High Definition TV broadcast.
Beyond Singapore, the diversified group is making its presence felt
through co-productions in tv dramas and movies, magazines publishing, as
well as Channel NewsAsia International, the only Asian owned English
news channel.
In 2007, it entered into a financial and strategic relationship with
Indonesia’s most integrated media company PT Media Nusantara Citra and
its parent, Global Mediacom.
Winner of numerous international awards and accolades including Asia
Television’s Broadcaster of the Year, MediaCorp’s vision is to become
Asia’s top media company, delivering valued content to the world.
For more information, please visit www.mediacorp.com.sg
Media Relations:
EMEA
Bite Communications for Velocix
Chris Owen
velocix@bitepr.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8741 1123
US
Bite Communications for Velocix
Diane Hepps or Martin Sjogren
velocix@bitepr.com
Tel: +1 212-857-9385
