NeuLion's iPTV Capacity Continues to Grow.New Customers and New Networks Benefit from up to 34 Data Centers in 23 U.S. Markets via Switch and Data Agreement NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- NeuLion Inc., the company driving convergence between the television and the internet, today announced a new service agreement with Switch and Data, to support its iPTV customer network growth. The announcement was made at the 2006 SATCON SATCON Satellite Condition Conference & Expo, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . NeuLion currently operates the largest IPTV Chinese Network with KyLinTV; the only global African IPTV Network with Africast; a groundbreaking IPTV service with the New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, a hamlet located on Long Island in Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. and an association with the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there . Additionally, NeuLion has technology and service agreements with ABS-CBN ABS-CBN Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network (Quezon City, Philippines) for Filipinos and several other affinity broadcasters that continue to drive scalability in its operation. The Switch and Data agreement provides NeuLion with the one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange See IXP and NAP. and co-location facilities in North America with 34 data centers in 23 markets. "We have already leveraged Switch and Data capabilities in both New York and Palo Alto," said Ron Nunn, Executive Vice President of Operation for NeuLion. "The New York City operation has advanced multi-Gigabit Ethernet and optical networking capabilities and the Palo Alto operation provides one of the densest Internet exchanges in the world." NeuLion's agreement with Switch and Data provides access to more than 350 unique networks. This will allow NeuLion customers the benefit of focusing their business strategy and time, on content aggregation, and not have to worry about the service delivery, handled exclusively by NeuLion and Switch and Data. Both companies combined have attained the largest U.S. IPTV subscriber base of streaming broadcast television with one of the largest neutral commercial Internet exchange (networking, body) Commercial Internet eXchange - (CIX) The CIX is a non-profit, 501(c)6, trade association coordinating Internet services. Its member organisations provide TCP/IP or OSI data internetwork services to the general public. points in the world. About NeuLion, Inc. NeuLion Inc., founded in 2004, provides the delivery platform for the future of television by developing a service and technology that drives convergence between television and the internet. Working with companies interested in reaching target markets anywhere at anytime, NeuLion's technology uses the public internet to aggregate content from any provider and delivers it in a real time manner. Please visit www.neulion.com for more information. About Switch and Data. Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and co-location services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and co-location facilities in North America with 34 data centers in 23 markets serving more than 800 customers. Switch and Data's PAIX PAIX Palo Alto Internet Exchange (Palo Alto, CA peering facility) is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America. For more information, please visit http://www.switchanddata.com/. |
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