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successful and widely praised 2014 Commonwealth Games along with major redevelopment projects. The time has certainly come for its digital infrastructure to undergo its own revolution, preparing the city for future business growth and supplying public services with much improved connections.” Having worked closely with CityFibre on its successful Aberdeen and Edinburgh Gigabit City projects, Commsworld is now looking to Glasgow as it targets further new business. Initial outlines indicate that the Glasgow project will provide

the capability of reaching more than 7,000 businesses and public sector organisations as well as seven hospitals.

CityFibre and Commsworld have estimated that the first phase of deployment will bring Gigabit speeds up to 100 times faster than the UK’s average. Commsworld, founded in 1994, is one of Scotland’s leading telecommunications network provider, providing customers with a full range of integrated communications solutions.

OTT service for TV.AE

Left: Giles Wright, Director of Technology, TV.AE

Right: Amjad Desai, Head of Technical Operations, TV.AE

Vimond Media Solutions has announced that TV.AE is using the Vimond Platform as its backbone, designed to deliver content to the global Arabic-speaking audience. Vimond began collaborating with TV.AE on this project in December 2015. The goals of TV.AE in building out this Over-The-Top (OTT) video service include tapping into four decades of archived content, providing User-Generated Content (UGC) to a new audience of cosmopolitan young adults, and nurturing Arab talents by focusing on regional events and activities. By using Vimond Control Center (as the CMS), Vimond Business Centre (CRM and payment aggregator system) and the Ingest

Pipeline and Video engine, TV.AE was able to hit its aggressive go-live date. Going forward, Vimond will enable TV.AE to syndicate and play-out its content across multiple platforms. There are also plans for live coverage of other premium sport events, with a strong viewership in the Middle East. Across its ambitious agenda, TV.AE has relied heavily upon Vimond. “The entire content that you see is completely managed by VCC,” said Amjad Desai, Head of Technical Operations, TV.AE. “It is the heart of our solution.”

For further details, see www.vimond.com

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue