Ericsson Launches Cloud-Based DR Solution for Broadcasters

Being off air is perhaps the one thing
that all broadcasters fear most, and yet the cost of redundant
broadcasting systems means that few broadcasters can afford them.

To overcome this problem, Ericsson
is cooperating with Front Porch
Digital Inc. to provide a playout recovery solution for
broadcasters.

The solution will consist of a
redundant playout platform provided by Ericsson and a cloud-based
storage platform called LYNX
provided by Front Porch Digital. Since the solution can be shared by
multiple customers, the cost for each customer is reduced.

Thorsten Sauer, head of Broadcast Services at Ericsson, says: "Broadcast Services is an area of
increasing importance for us and Ericsson already manages more than
1.5 million hours of broadcast TV every year, for more than 200
channels. As a broadcast services partner we understand that the most
important thing is that the show must go on, and our cooperation with
Front Porch Digital will allow us to provide a playout recovery
solution to broadcasters at an affordable cost."

Rino Petricola, SVP and MD at Front
Porch Digital International, says: "As the global leader in
cloud-based CSM solutions, we’ve implemented over 500 installations
in more than 70 countries. Together with Ericsson’s broadcast
services specialists, we can deliver a turn-key DR solution for the
immediate retrieval of content."

Inspired by the convergence of
telecoms, IT and media, Ericsson Broadcast Services delivers
consultancy, design, systems integration and managed services to
content providers, aggregators and broadcasters. It signed its first
broadcast managed services deal in 2007 and completed the acquisition
of the Broadcast Services Division of Technicolor, in the media and entertainment sector, in July 2012.

Ericsson manages day-to-day operations
for broadcasters so that they can devote their attention to their
customers, programming, content acquisition and planning.