Media Streaming

Deliver Streaming Media Fast and Keep Your Traffic Speeding Ahead

Media Streaming

Deliver Streaming Media Fast and Keep Your Traffic Speeding Ahead

Powered by one of the most connected and sophisticated content-delivery networks in the world, the Level 3SM Streaming platform is designed to support the next generation of streaming for leading Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) media formats. Whether you're a sports broadcaster, movie studio or television network, you can count on us to deliver a superior streaming-media experience to your broadband users.

Combined with Level 3SM Vyvx® video broadcast backhaul services, We can be your single-source transport provider from content creation to consumption.

Streaming Media Service Details

  • Level 3 Communications supports single live events with SD and HD streaming quality, series of live events for multiple days or sessions, and "always live" events with continuous streaming of ongoing broadcasts.
  • On-demand streaming video of pre-recorded content can be made available any time.
  • Value-added features include token-based authentication and content management tools, geo intelligence that targets specific end users, storage for improved performance and file availability, and signal acquisition and encoding to acquire, code and transmit your live event.

Streaming Media Service Benefits

  • Gain global reach and flexible capacity management that can scale on demand to handle various streaming formats, flash crowds and peak loads.
  • Build a more engaging customer experience with improved download speeds and video quality, which can lead to increased time online and potential growth for your ad-supported revenue derived from streaming viewership.
  • Reduce investments in streaming-media servers and in-house resources that are necessary to manage the technical complexity of high-performance streaming, which in turn can decrease your time to market and minimize up-front capital outlay to build out infrastructure.

Read more about why you should team with Level 3 Communications for your Content and Delivery needs.

Download the brochure for more information on our Streaming Media Services.