British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), a military charity and media organisation, has chosen BT to future-proof delivery of its content for UK armed forces serving overseas and at sea.
BFBS provides serving personnel and their families overseas with a variety of television and radio services via satellite, including a bespoke mix of current British TV, public service broadcasting and access to premium sports, series and movies.
From April, this content – which is curated at BFBS’s headquarters in the UK – will be encoded and multiplexed by BT’s Media and Broadcast unit, using its new virtualised platform hosted at BT Tower.
BFBS will join BT’s intelligent broadcast platform, Vena, for content contribution and distribution. BT will also provide uplink services from its earth station in Herefordshire to three of the satellites used by BFBS to reach its global audience.
Ben Chapman, CEO of BFBS, said: “Moving to BT’s Vena network and virtualised platform offers us the agility to flex and adjust to the evolving needs of our armed forces overseas. It also ensures a secure, robust and future-proof method of delivering our media content.
“BFBS is already a trusted and reliable source of media for the military, and this partnership with BT strengthens the technology behind the distribution of our TV, radio and data services.”
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