Broadwing Successfully Completes Broadcast Field Trial for CNN.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 The integrated communications leader, Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ), today announced the completion of a national real-time video trial with CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. (NYSE:AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), the 24-hour news network. The trial demonstrated Broadwing's ability to deliver broadcast quality video over its network, guaranteeing delivery, and prioritization of mission-critical traffic. In the field trial, existing video sources from CNN news bureaus in Atlanta, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Washington, D.C. were connected to the Broadwing network, encoded, and transported across the network as high-quality, video streams. Broadwing used both multicast and unicast IP architectures to deliver real-time video feeds to all three locations. Traffic from each of the bureaus was marked by CNN as "Gold," "Silver" or "Bronze" and delivered in priority order across the network. In the testing, live feeds were given priority over taped events when simultaneously transmitted. During the trial, CNN required Broadwing to deliver both unicast, and multicast content during even the most extreme network conditions without degrading picture quality. "Our successful trial with CNN continues to demonstrate that the Broadwing network is providing our customers with new ways of offering services to their own customers giving them a competitive advantage in their industries," said Jack Chidester, president of Business Enterprises. About Broadwing Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is an integrated communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . Broadwing leads the industry as the world's first intelligent, all-optical, switched network provider and offers businesses nationwide a competitive advantage by providing data, voice and Internet solutions that are flexible, reliable and innovative on its 18,500-mile optical network and its award-winning IP backbone. Local service subsidiary Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. is one of the nation's most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence and financial strength. Cincinnati Bell was recently ranked number one in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates for both local residential telephone service and residential long distance among mainstream users. Cincinnati Bell provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Broadwing Inc. is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. . For more information, visit www.broadwing.com. |
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