Thomson Services lands BBC Worldwide playout, monitoring deal

Thomson’s
Services division, under the Technicolor brand, has been awarded a
long-term contract to manage ingest, quality control playout and monitoring for
a number of BBC Worldwide branded channels. Thomson will provide these services
from its new digital media facility in

Singapore. The channels will be
launched on Sing Tel’s IPTV distribution platform which further builds on
Thomson’s broad content distribution capabilities.

” We are delighted to work with BBC Worldwide,” stated Brian Kelly,
President in charge of Technicolor Network Services within Thomson’s Services
division. “This agreement further expands our global footprint into Asia
with the addition of a new digital media facility in

Singapore, thus extending our
ability to offer flexible solutions to our customers. We see

Singapore as a
key hub for servicing the Asia Pacific region and have forged a close
partnership with Sing Tel to support each others service development.”

With its playout business, Thomson provides global consultancy and managed
services to help prepare, manage and distribute content or media companies,
channel owners, channel operators and out-of-home and corporate media networks
around the world.

The announcement further expands Thomson’s growing capabilities in live broadcasting,
digital asset management and network design and technology. Thomson offers its
customers an end-to-end solution, including systems design, proprietary and
open-standard architecture and applications, content preparation and
management, and distribution of live, pre-recorded and on-demand digital
content.