U.S. Subsidiary of World's Largest Tier1 IP Backbone Provider Enhances NeuLion Delivery of IPTV.PLAINVIEW Plainview. 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 26,207), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential. 2 City (1990 pop. 21,700), seat of Hale co., NW Tex., on the Llano Estacado; inc. 1907. , N.Y. -- NeuLion Incorporated, the company driving convergence between the television and the internet, announced today the purchase of global IP access from NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform America, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, for iPTV service enhancement. This purchase will accelerate and extend NeuLion's ability to deliver content for its partner companies anywhere in the world without buffering Downloading the first block of data. In streaming media, buffering refers to bringing in an extra amount of data (filling the buffer) before playing the audio or video. Having more audio data or video frames in memory than are actually needed at each precise moment compensates for or delay leveraging NTT Communications Global IP Network. NTT Communications operates the world's largest tier1 IPv4/IPv6 dual stack backbone, which spans the world in terms of distribution reach. NeuLion continues to find strong demand from customers interested in using its iPTV Services. Scaling to that demand has just become easier through the use of NTT Communications Global IP Network at multi-gigabit per second speeds. "We are pleased that NTT America's leadership recognized that NeuLion's technology platform is second to none and will be a driving force in how people view the content they want, when they want it, using the public internet," said Ron Nunn, Executive Vice President, Operations, of NeuLion Inc. "With recognized industry leaders like NTT America, we are able to show our content partners, and potential partners, the real power of our iPTV service, content delivery to subscribers without geographic boundaries." The NTT Communications Global IP network is the world leading tier1 backbone linking Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing. Network routing is accelerated through private peering arrangements with other tier1 network providers globally and guaranteed with industry-leading, financially backed service level agreements (SLAs). "We are pleased to play a supporting role supporting role n → second rôle m supporting role n → ruolo non protagonista in Neulion's growth and delivery of streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. to their iPTV customers," said Kazuhiro Gomi, Vice President of Global IP Network business unit at NTT America. "By leveraging NTT Communications' global investments in our IP backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. , NeuLion will be able to quickly match up with new subscribers interested in using the NeuLion iPTV service." About NeuLion NeuLion Inc., founded in 2004, provides the delivery platform for the future of television by developing a service that drives convergence between television and the internet. Working with companies interested in reaching niche markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. anywhere at anytime, NeuLion's technology uses the public internet to aggregate content from any provider and delivers it in a targeted manner. www.neulion.com About NTT America NTT America is North America's natural gateway to the Asia-Pacific, with strong capabilities in the US market. NTT America is the U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications, the global data and IP services arm of the Fortune Global 500 telecom leader: Nippon Telegraph telegraph, term originally applied to any device or system for distant communication by means of visible or audible signals, now commonly restricted to electrically operated devices. Attempts at long-distance communication date back thousands of years (see signaling). & Telephone Corporation (NTT). NTT America provides world-class Enterprise Hosting, network, and IP networking for global enterprises and service providers. For additional information on NTT America, visit us on the Web at www.nttamerica.com. |
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