BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that it has been
awarded additional business with the Germany-based media group ProSiebenSat.1.
Level 3 will now provide services to the group across four business
units: ProSiebenSat.1 Digital, ProSiebenSat.1 Games, ProSiebenSat.1
Produktion and maxdome GmbH.
The use of Level 3's content delivery network (CDN) and security
services supports the ProSiebenSat.1 group in achieving the
diversification of revenue streams beyond TV advertising, which is
one of its key strategic goals. With fast content delivery to any
device and multi-layer security throughout its gaming platforms,
the group aims to simultaneously optimise the user experience,
protect its key assets and drive revenues.
Level 3 is providing the following services to these
ProSiebenSat.1 business units:
- ProSiebenSat.1 Digital is the multimedia company of
ProSiebenSat.1 and operates with ProSiebenSat.1 Networld, one of
the leading platforms in Germany.
It has added Level 3's dynamic content packaging to its existing
Level 3 CDN services, enabling it to
tailor its on-demand video and ProSiebenSat.1 TV broadcasts to user
devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets. maxdome is also
using these services.
- ProSiebenSat.1 Games, which focuses on the licensing and
channelling of online games, has selected Level 3's distributed
denial of service (DDOS) mitigation to provide a multi-layered
approach to protecting ProSiebenSat.1 Games' network infrastructure
and assets as well as those of its strategic partners.
- ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion, which offers studio and
post-production, cross-company content management and a full
broadcasting service for more than 15 TV stations, has selected
Level 3 High-Speed IP services to help enhance the performance
delivered to customers.
"We have been working with ProSiebenSat.1 since 2009, becoming a
key supplier to the group," said Gerald
Rubant, director Sales, Enterprise Business Germany &
Northern Europe at Level 3. "While
we grow our business with ProSiebenSat.1, our objective remains the
same: to continue delivering solutions that enhance their strategic
business development by helping them increase their competitive
edge."
For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service
offerings, visit www.level3.com.
About ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
The ProSiebenSat.1
Group is one of the largest independent media corporations in
Europe. Its core business is free
TV financed by advertising. With the stations SAT.1, ProSieben,
kabel eins, sixx, SAT.1 Gold and ProSieben MAXX, the company is the
number 1 in the German TV advertising market. In total, the group's
stations reach about 42 million TV households in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A strong digital and ventures
portfolio as well as an international production network are also
part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group.
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG was established in 2000, the headquarters
are located in Unterfohring near Munich. The Group is listed and employs more
than 3,000 staff in 12 countries.
The information contained under the caption "About
ProSiebenSat1 Media AG" has been provided by ProSiebenSat1
Media AG, which is solely responsible for its content.
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 Twitter, Facebook and
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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 tw telecom
acquisition; manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in
the global economy; increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; 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; manage the future expansion or
adaptation of its network to remain competitive; defend
intellectual property and proprietary rights; 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.
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