Geo Networks Wins ITV Deal

LONDON -- ITV has selected Geo Networks Limited (“Geo”), a provider of dedicated fibre networks, to deploy a fibre optic network between its core data centre sites in Slough and Greenwich. By selecting Geo’s dedicated fibre, ITV now has a managed 10Gb/s service on fibre that is capable of scaling up to terabit capacity, ensuring richer and seamless content for viewers as the company progresses its Transformation Plan.

Geo was selected through a competitive tender process on the basis of its dedicated fibre offering, which enables ITV to scale up its bandwidth requirements as it grows its revenue streams. The nature of dedicated fibre, as opposed to industry-standard shared platforms, also guarantees ITV of a sub-2ms round trip between sites, a key requirement to meet their low latency goals.

“ITV’s strategic priority is to drive new revenue streams by exploiting our content across multiple free and pay platforms,” said Andrew Ioannou, ITV’s Director of Strategy - Technology, Platforms and Business Delivery. “A robust network that eliminated single points of failure and reduced our business risk to its lowest possible level was critical to us. Geo’s fibre follows unique paths away from standard routes which guarantees diversity.”

ITV plc (London: ITV)