US Department of Defense enlists Verizon for digital content delivery
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| 30 October 2019

Media networks and delivery firm Verizon and the Defense Media Activity (DMA) have announced a multi-year partnership with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver streaming content offerings to overseas service members and their families.

The Defense Media Activity provides a broad range of multimedia products and services to inform, educate, and entertain DoD audiences around the world. Its mission is to help military commanders quickly deliver command information to widely distributed US Forces overseas as well as to provide the overseas military audience American entertainment, news and sports programming.

Verizon will deliver a package of programming including news, sports, and entertainment through live, linear and on-demand channels. “Verizon is proud to support the DMA’s rollout of a bold digital transformation of the American Forces Network (AFN) brand with a world-class streaming delivery platform,” said senior vice president, Verizon public sector. Mike Maiorana. “It’s Verizon’s distinct honour and privilege to provide service members and their families the next generation of American programming to stay connected, informed and entertained.”

The partnership takes DMA into the future of digital media streaming content and says Verizon will accelerate its transformation into a digital-based media organisation. “We are pleased to partner with an industry leader like Verizon who is uniquely positioned to enable DMA to transition from an antiquated satellite-based media delivery system to an Internet-based IP-streaming platform,” said acting DMA director, Colonel Paul R. Haverstick.

“This evolution to IP-streaming will allow the DOD to better provide information to its service members, civilian employees and their families overseas and allows AFN to continue to be a relevant and trusted source for accurate DOD information.”