Case Study
SELEVISION - Middle East broadcaster chooses Equinix to help grow its content-on-demand business
Equinix.com Overview/Executive Summary Selevision wanted a data centre provider to host its services - Video on Demand, Live TV and Catch-up TV. It needed direct access to the world’s top CDNs, NSPs, ISPs and mobile data providers to securely stream video across the Middle East region. Selevision chose to host its services in the Equinix Internet Business Exchange (IBX) located in Dubai. This gives the company access to the UAE-IX, whilst ensuring it has infrastructure located close to the end user and still providing potential for growth. Business Challenge Selevision wanted to launch several new regional services - Video on Demand, Live TV and Catch-up TV. The MENA region is served by as many as 1,500 free-to-air TV stations, the vast majority being niche operators, plus multinati