• CCNP (Consorcio Canales Nacionales Privados) and MediaKind, through local Business Partner Balum S.A,. signed an agreement that provided digital terrestrial distribution of the main Colombian private channels to over 30 million viewers across Colombia
• Scope of the project covered MediaKind’s Aquila direct to consumer solution, including the AVP4000 video encoder, RX8200 and RX8330 decoders, associated professional services and local support via partner, Balum.
• The deployment will enabled the distribution of high quality video across multiple cities to over 7.5 millon households

MediaKind, a global media technology leader, announced that CCNP (consorcio canales nacionales privados) chose MediaKind’s Aquila direct to consumer solution to provide best in class Live Encoding and ultimate picture quality on CCPN’s national feed for digital distribution services to consumers across Colombia.

The implementation of Aquila combined MediaKind’s video processing system, AVP4000, and video decoders, RX8200 and RX8330, as well as associated professional services and local support lead by Balum.

Clayton Cruz, Senior Vice President, Latin America, MediaKind, says: “We were excited about the opportunity to bring our Aquila direct to consumer experience solution to CCNP’s consumers across Colombia. Our partnership with CCNP enabled these consumers to obtain better HD resolution experience across multiple cities, to over 30 million viewers nationally, fortifying our marketshare in DTT segment.”

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We are MediaKind, a global leader of media technology and services, established as a joint venture between One Equity Partners and Ericsson. Our mission is to be the first choice among service providers, operators, content owners and broadcasters looking to deliver immersive media experiences. Drawing on our longstanding industry heritage, we are driving next-generation live and on-demand, mobile and multiscreen media experiences for everyone, everywhere. Our end-to-end portfolio of media solutions include Emmy award-winning video compression solutions for contribution and direct-to-consumer video service distribution; advertising and content personalization solutions; high efficiency cloud DVR; and TV and video delivery platforms. For more information, please visit: www.mediakind.com.