Press release
ntl:Telewest Business helps innovative broadcaster deliver
programmes on demand and stream its schedule over the internet
- Innovative broadcaster GOD TV opens new premises near Plymouth
and aims to create further jobs
- ntl:Telewest Business services used to create platform for
delivering streamed television content over the internet and on
demand services
- New state-of-the-art technology centre will use powerful 100
Mbps Ethernet connection for internet services.
7 September 2006 - ntl:Telewest Business, the supplier of
communications services to the public and private sectors, today
announced that GOD TV is using its high speed communications
services to provide new programmes, on demand services and
broadcast its schedule over the internet. GOD TV has built a
hi-tech new broadcast centre in Plympton, near Plymouth, and plans
to create employment in the local area as it expands its
operations.
As more and more broadcasters offer popular programmes over the
internet, GOD TV is aiming to increase viewing numbers for its
24-hour schedule by beefing up its website, www.god.tv. As well as being
available on cable and satellite networks, global Christian
broadcaster GOD TV believes that using the internet as a delivery
platform will enable it to reach a far greater audience around the
world. The GOD Channel and GOD UK are part of GOD TV’s
international line-up of Christian programming that includes
conferences, in-depth interviews, youth and music shows, and
features prominent Christian leaders.
The company has spent 2006 converting the former premises of
TwoFourTV into an internet server facility to house the content and
create facilities for streamed media services. ntl:Telewest
Business is providing a high-speed 100 Mbps (megabits per second)
Ethernet connection to ensure that the new internet services offer
optimum performance and can cope with viewer demand. GOD TV hopes
to create 25 new positions as it expands its operations in the
Plymouth area.
“GOD TV has developed some truly innovative services for getting
its content to its viewers.”, said Tevon Jordaan, Chief Technology
Officer, GOD TV. “ntl:Telewest Business is working with us to
create an extremely sophisticated facility in Plymouth, with a
high-speed communications infrastructure that will enable us to
expand the reach of our programming around the UK and across the
globe.”
“The broadcasting industry is undergoing rapid change as new
technologies open up a raft of additional options to content
providers.”, said John Cunningham, Director of Business Markets,
ntl:Telewest Business. “GOD TV is an innovator with a worldwide
reach and our high-speed communications services will allow it to
both reach more viewers and expand its operations.”
About ntl:Telewest Business
ntl:Telewest Business, part of the UK’s second
largest fixed-line telecommunications company, is a leading
communications provider to businesses, public sector organisations
and service providers in the UK. It delivers a complete portfolio
of voice, data and internet solutions nation-wide.
ntl:Telewest Business sales and support
teams are located across the UK, in close proximity to our
customers, as part of a commitment to deliver superior customer
service.
ntl:Telewest Business delivers services over
the Group’s £13bn investment in its state-of-the-art
infrastructure giving business customers access to the largest
alternative network in the UK.
ntl:Telewest Business is trusted to provide
critical communications to high profile customers
including: Heathrow's Terminal 5, Birmingham City Council
and Cambridgeshire County Council.
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