Jordan Media City opts for Thomson’s ViBE for OTT service


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 12 September 2015





Broadcast play-out service provider Jordan Media City (JMC) is now streaming 33 over the top (OTT) channels on YouTube following the installation of a multiscreen encoding and transcoding platform from Thomson Video Networks.


The ViBE VS7000 offers “outstanding picture quality with maximum bandwidth savings”, said JMC, which operates more than 350 playout, backhaul, and broadcast channels from its regional hub in Amman.

The new encoding and transcoding platform adds to a range of Thomson Video Networks compression technology in use for JMC’s headends.
“Thomson Video Networks is the ideal partner as we continue to diversify our service offerings to take advantage of the rapidly growing demand and exploding audience for OTT content,” said Radi Alkhas, CEO, Jordan Media City.

Eric Louvet, vice president of sales and field services worldwide, Thomson Video Networks, added: “JMC is on the leading edge of satellite teleport facilities all over the world that have chosen Thomson Video Networks technologies to drive their businesses forward; in JMC's case it's a cutting-edge OTT service that will attract new audiences and create new revenue streams.”