WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
- Multi-year agreement with Canada's largest television provider
includes Ericsson's award-winning MediaFirst TV Platform
- Enhanced services will deliver an even more personalized and
seamless TV experience to Bell's Fibe TV and Fibe Alt TV
subscribers across multiple screens
- Agreement extends long-term relationship between Ericsson and
Bell
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected by Bell Canada, the number one television provider
in Canada, to power its next
generation multiscreen TV services.
Ericsson's MediaFirst TV Platform solution will enable Bell to
offer an enhanced, personalized and converged multiscreen TV
experience to its more than 1.5 million Fibe TV and Alt TV
subscribers in Canada.
The multi-year deal expands on the companies' long-term
relationship, which dates back to the 2010 launch of Bell's Fibe TV
service and deployment of Mediaroom, the world's leading IPTV
platform. When integrated with Mediaroom, MediaFirst will deliver
an agile, next generation TV platform with the necessary
flexibility to easily incorporate third party apps.
Rizwan Jamal, Bell's President of
Residential and Small Business, says: "Our longstanding and
successful relationship with Ericsson helped us deliver the
innovative and exclusive new Fibe TV services that propelled Bell
to the #1 in position in Canadian TV. We look forward to taking the
game-changing Fibe TV and Alt TV even further, enabling next
generation services across a wider range of devices by leveraging
the innovative IPTV technologies of Ericsson MediaFirst."
Angel Ruiz, Head of Media
Solutions, Ericsson, says: "Demand for high quality, seamless and
personalized TV services is at an all-time high. With this
increased consumer demand, service providers need to find ways to
drive agile transformation within their business and ensure they
have access to the technology and solutions that will help reduce
operational costs and increase new revenue opportunities.
"The implementation of our award-winning MediaFirst TV Platform
will enable Bell to further enhance its innovative services and
deliver additional benefits both within its business and to its
subscribers, offering a superior user experience across all
devices."
Ericsson's MediaFirst TV Platform is a software-defined,
media-optimized cloud-based TV platform. It provides a converged
multiscreen experience including Pay TV in-home, TV Everywhere and
OTT services and embraces all content sources and delivery
networks. Read more about how Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform is
delivering cost efficiencies, agility and innovation of virtualized
web services for managed and over-the-top content.
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About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing
innovative broadband wireless, TV, Internet and business
communication services to consumers and companies across the
country. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with
leading assets in television, radio, out of home and digital media.
Founded in Montréal in 1880, Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX,
NYSE: BCE). To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
About Ericsson Media Solutions
With an outstanding pedigree dating back over a quarter of a
century, Ericsson's Media Solutions portfolio meets the unique
challenges that lie at every single stage of the video journey.
From video processing and delivery to TV platforms and beyond, we
enable our customers to efficiently deliver a personalized and
immersive viewing experience.
Earlier this year Ericsson presented a focused business strategy
to revitalize technology and market leadership, improve group
profitability and enable customer success. This includes exploring
strategic opportunities for the company's media businesses while
continuing to develop solutions to enable the businesses to scale
and succeed in the evolving media landscape.
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services with headquarters in Stockholm,
Sweden. Our organization consists of more than 111,000
experts who provide customers in 180 countries with innovative
solutions and services. Together we are building a more connected
future where anyone and any industry is empowered to reach their
full potential. Net sales in 2016 were SEK
222.6 billion (USD 24.5
billion). The Ericsson stock is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
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