The Issue - MTN Around 2008 Türk Telekom began to reappraise its technology approach to market. It identified broadcast contribution as a market which could be opened up for business if the telco could find a way of convincing broadcasters to switch from the dominant satellite links infrastructure. “The broadcaster market is historically a niche and closed one to telcos,” explains Umut Keten, Senior Architect at Türk Telekom. “We realized that the transition from baseband to IP was bringing both parties – broadcasters and telcos – closer together and offering an opportunity to innovate on both sides. However, existing IP solutions – notably MPLS – were unfit to transport contribution media.” That’s because contribution media is highly sensitive to any packet loss, delay and jit

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