- Level 3 Uses Vyvx VenueNet+ to
Transmit Super Bowl XLIX
BROOMFIELD, Colorado,
Jan. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that it will
provide television broadcast video services to the NFL and NBC
Sports for the presentation of Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, as well as additional Super Bowl-related
programming, using Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. This is the
26th consecutive year that Level 3 Communications has
provided such services for the Super Bowl.
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The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched television events in
the U.S. each year – last year, it drew in 111.5 million viewers,
which is the largest audience in television history. This year, the
Super Bowl will be hosted at the University of
Phoenix Stadium in Glendale,
Ariz., which is connected directly to Level 3's advanced
fiber-optic network, enabling the TV broadcast of the event. Level
3 will also support NBC broadcasts from downtown Phoenix, which will occur in the days leading
up to, and the day of, the event. In total, more than 3,000 hours
of video content will be acquired, encoded and transported across
Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ platform as part of the Super Bowl
coverage.
"We understand that an event this massive comes with incredibly
high expectations for a seamless viewing experience," said
Mike Meehan, senior vice president
of Sports Operations for NBC Sports Group. "Level 3 has nearly
three decades of experience delivering high-profile, global events,
and we trust them to provide the reliable performance we need."
Level 3's equipment and connectivity into the venue give NBC
fully diverse, end-to-end on-net service to ensure better
reliability and control over the delivery process. Level 3 will
also provide NBC with the video transport it requires to broadcast
MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show from Phoenix in the days leading up to the Super
Bowl. Finally, Level 3 will provide Vyvx services to other
NBCUniversal properties that will be onsite in Phoenix throughout the week.
"Each year, the Super Bowl grows and is better than the year
before, and that requires an increasingly complex operation to
ensure a smooth, uninterrupted broadcast," said Glenn Adamo, vice president of Media Operations
for the NFL. "We have a strong working relationship with Level 3,
and each year, they've been able to ensure the NFL's millions of
football fans receive the best quality broadcast available."
In addition to delivering the game, Level 3 will also carry the
pre-game and post-game feeds to all NFL operations centers; NFL
Films in Mt. Laurel, NJ and NFL
Network studios in Culver City,
CA, NFL Network Master Control in Atlanta, GA as well as other broadcast
networks and satellite teleport sites for global distribution.
"There's no larger fan base in the U.S. than that of the NFL,
and Level 3 is honored to enable those fans to enjoy the pinnacle
game of the season," said Anthony
Christie, chief marketing officer at Level 3. "After 26
years of working with the NFL and broadcasters like NBC, we are
well aware of the complexities involved with delivering an event of
this magnitude on a global scale. That's why we work in lockstep to
plan and execute delivery of the Super Bowl, ensuring a seamless
viewing experience for viewers around the world."
Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ technology is engineered to provide
exceptional HD and standard-definition (SD) digital video services,
with added HD and SD encoding, high-speed Internet and telephony
services. The Vyvx technology is used in all 31 NFL football venues
across the country.
Vyvx VenueNet+ is part of the Level 3 Video Cloud, which is a
full suite of IP-based video services designed to support content
delivery throughout its life cycle, from signal acquisition to
delivery to viewers. Level 3 Video Cloud services include live
broadcast video acquisition, encoding and transcoding, global
delivery via the Level 3 CDN, as well
as comprehensive, self-service analytics and reporting.
The Super Bowl XLIX broadcast will air on NBC on Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m.
EST. For more information on Level 3's video and streaming
solutions, visit www.level3videocloud.com.
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 across 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
LinkedIn.
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Logo are either registered service marks or service marks of Level
3 Communications, LLC and/or one of its Affiliates in the United States and elsewhere. Any other
service names, product names, company names or logos included
herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective
owners. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3
Communications, Inc.
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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