-- Uses Level 3 CDN to Address
the Growth and Streaming Quality Demands of its Enterprise
Customers, Including the Rugby Football Union
LONDON, July 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced its content
delivery network (CDN) has been selected by buto.tv, a leading
online enterprise video management platform based in the UK, to
support the company's live and on-demand streamed video offering.
This will enable buto.tv to provide its customers with efficient,
reliable and secure streaming across a range of mobile and desktop
devices.
To support the increasing growth of its enterprise content
partners, buto.tv requires a content delivery solution that is
capable of efficiently and securely streaming high-quality video.
Buto.tv's solutions are used by a diverse range of organisations in
broadcast, retail and sports to aggregate, manage and measure video
content across various digital platforms.
Using Level 3's global CDN, buto.tv can deliver all of its
content from a geographical location close to its viewers, reducing
the possibility of lag and disrupted video streaming. To ensure
viewers have an experience tailored to their particular devices,
content can also be encoded to support mobile, PC and tablets. For
example, Level 3's CDN is powering video content on the Rugby
Football Union's website, and delivered more than 4.5 million views
in 2013, 1.6 million of which were delivered during the Six
Nations' Championships. Buto,tv has also helped deliver both live
and on-demand content for the RFUTV online TV channel, achieving a
62 percent growth in video views in 2013 compared with the previous
year.
Andy McNamara, managing director
of buto.tv said: "Our customers are global organisations for whom
high-quality video streaming is of significant importance. We
believe that the Level 3 CDN is the
best way to address their requirements. The massive popularity of
video for marketing and customer engagement means we are
forecasting rapid growth on the buto.tv platform over the course of
this year, and we believe Level 3's solutions can help support our
expansion goals."
Tim Passingham, senior vice
president of Enterprise Business for EMEA at Level 3 said: "Our
global CDN is used by some of the largest broadcasting companies in
the world, giving us extensive experience in efficiently and
securely delivering video to dispersed audiences across a variety
of devices. We're pleased to be working with buto.tv, and believe
the Level 3 CDN will enable their
end-users to receive the best possible video experience, every
time."
Level 3's CDN streamed approximately 10 exabytes (EB) of data in
2013 — equivalent to more than 12 billion movie downloads per year
or approximately 33 million per day (assuming four gigabytes [GB]
per movie). More information on Level 3's global CDN can be found
here.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500
company that provides local, national and global communications
services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's
comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber
and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data
communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content
distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves
customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries over a
global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three
continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more
information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on
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Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements made in this press release are
forward-looking in nature and are based on management's current
expectations or beliefs. These forward-looking statements are not a
guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Level
3's control, which could cause actual events to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the statements. Important
factors that could prevent Level 3 from achieving its stated goals
include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to:
successfully integrate the Global Crossing acquisition or otherwise
realize the anticipated benefits thereof; manage risks associated
with continued uncertainty in the global economy; maintain and
increase traffic on its network; develop and maintain effective
business support systems; manage system and network failures or
disruptions; avert the breach of its network and computer system
security measures; develop new services that meet customer demands
and generate acceptable margins; defend intellectual property and
proprietary rights; manage the future expansion or adaptation of
its network to remain competitive; manage continued or accelerated
decreases in market pricing for communications services; obtain
capacity for its network from other providers and interconnect its
network with other networks on favorable terms; attract and retain
qualified management and other personnel; successfully integrate
future acquisitions; effectively manage political, legal,
regulatory, foreign currency and other risks it is exposed to due
to its substantial international operations; mitigate its exposure
to contingent liabilities; and meet all of the terms and conditions
of its debt obligations. Additional information concerning these
and other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this
press release should be evaluated in light of these important
factors. Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims
any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise.
Contact Information
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Media:
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Investors:
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Beatrice Martin-Vignerte
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Mark Stoutenberg
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+44-(0)-330-060-7342
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+1-720-888-2518
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beatrice.martin-vignerte@level3.com
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mark.stoutenberg@level3.com
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