Ericsson Renewed Playout Contract with ITV until 2024

Ericsson

today announced that it has renewed its playout services contract with ITV, the UK's leading commercial television network. The contract, which has been extended until 2024, will see Ericsson continue to provide playout services for ITV's portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD and CITV and their associated regional variants as well as ITV's newest TV channels, ITV Encore and ITVBe. As part of the contract, Ericsson has designed, built and integrated a state-of-the-art scalable simulcast platform for ITV. The modular infrastructure will allow ITV the flexibility to deliver new services and launch existing services onto new platforms, easily and with a high level of resilience. Thorsten Sauer, Head of Broadcast and Media Services at Ericsson, says: "ITV operates one of the