TV Broadcasting

To satisfy the increasing need for live online broadcasts, Tata Communications offers LiveBroadcast™ the first, carrier-grade, live video broadcasting solution for the Internet.

Powered by BitGravity’s BitCast™ technology and leveraging Tata Communications' Tier-1 IP backbone, LiveBroadcast™ features:

  • Flash-based streaming service for broadcasting TV quality, live content via the Internet
  • The CDN platform leverages Tata Communications' Tier-1Global IP network for world-class resiliency and performance. The CDN network features dedicated nodes in the Americas, Europe, and Asia (including India), with Points-of-Presence (PoPs) globally for high availability and increased delivery speeds
  • Leverages Tata Communications state-of-the-art and widely distributed Teleport infrastructure to downlink live channels for delivery on the Internet thus eliminating the need to install equipment on the customer premise, saving on infrastructure costs and allowing for maximum uptime and scalability when channels are added
  • LiveBroadcast is easy to use and does not require a special media player to view content and hence can be integrated with your existing players or outsourced to any other website
  • The use of HTTP allows LiveBroadcast to stream in all environments including HD enabling the future of video delivery formats
  • Distributes content within a two- to four-second delay
  • Distributed Origin architecture to deliver Flash/H.264 video-on-demand services and incoming live streams are simultaneously replicated on every delivery node ensuring cache-misses and overall better user experience
  • Since no proprietary live server-based solution is used, the LiveBroadcast service can easily scale to handle any live event

Find out more – NDTV and TV5 Monde Case Study