Olympusat Telecom Partners With Akamai and KIT digital

Will work together to offer expanded array of media delivery products

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/12/2012 4:34:07 PM

Olympusat Telecom, a division of Olympusat Holdings, has announced that it has launched a strategic partnership with KIT digital Inc. and Akamai Technologies that will allow it to offer additional services for the delivery of content to multiple platforms and devices.

The three companies also noted that the partnership will allow their clients to reduce costs by cutting investment on infrastructure.

C. Austin Powers, president of Olympusat Telecom, noted in a statement that "Akamai's unparalleled knowledge and experience in content optimization and delivery across multiple devices and platforms worldwide provides us with the flexibility and reliability that we need for our entertainment television and video-centric customers and KIT digital's video management capabilities will ensure a feature rich video offering for our customers."

As a result of the agreement, Olympusat Telecom will complement its existing television networks, distribution, video transport, digital production and telecom businesses by offering four new services.

These include content delivery network (CDN) services using Akamai's cloud-based content delivery network and KIT digital's interface; enhanced storage capabilities using KIT digital's storage vault offering; video transcoding; and a digital media player.