British Telecomunications (BT) has made announcement that its media and broadcast segment has received a multi-million dollar three-year managed service IP network solution contract from the Star Group.

In a press release, Kevin Taylor, BT Asia Pacific's COO, stated, “BT’s global IP network allows media customers like STAR to achieve much more than point-to-point capability, allowing for the operation of complex workflows that demand high- delivery speeds, security and most important-reliability.”

Presently, Star offers up more than 60 services in 10 different languages that reach over 300 million viewers in 53 countries crosswise Asia.

The service will run across BT’s global media network, an MPLS enabled IP network, which was specifically made for executing broadcast traffic.

At first, Star will carry eight channels including Star Plus, Star One, Star News, Star Vijay, Star Gold, Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Channel and [V] Taiwan, from Hong Kong to Los Angeles.

The signals will be fed via Direct To Home (DTH) platforms connectivity to DirecTV, Echostar and cable systems that reach millions of subscribers across the United States.

By making use of the BT core IP network, Star will pull off an access to a worldwide deployed Media IP network, which already touches more than 300 points of existence in 170 countries.

Besides, it would also help Star to save costs on airing the same feeds to various locations across the globe.

Dr. Guo Xiao Yong, Star’s Chief Technology Officer, said, “This is our second Media IP contract with BT and we have been extremely pleased with the service. It has proven to be cost-effective, flawlessly reliable and resilient.”