Media Links selects Maredi as South African Partner
Milford, CT – 26 October 2007-Media Links, a leading provider of high-definition video transport solutions, announced today that it has signed a deal with Maredi Telecom & Broadcasting for it to represent the company as it further expands its business in South Africa. Maredi will supply Media Links’ entire product portfolio.
Media Links believes that its technology will be of particular benefit to the country and its backbone broadcast infrastructure as the nation continues to prepare for the 2010 FIFA™ World Cup. Recently, the South African government awarded Johannesburg the right to host the International Broadcast Centre for the event. This will be the media nerve centre from which international broadcasters can receive transmissions from across the country during the tournament.
“We believe that our partnership with Maredi Telecom & Broadcasting will provide broadcast service suppliers across the country with the most efficient access to our proven, market leading technologies. With the combined expertise of the two companies, services providers can benefit from technology that not only raises the bar in terms of the quality of video transport possible but is also proven as highly cost-effective,” explains Takatsugu Ono, CEO Media Links. Media Links has worked with a wide range of major sporting event organisers, including the FIFA™ World Cup 2006 and the 2006 Doha Asian Games, providing technologies that ensure the transport of HD and SD signals – compressed or uncompressed – are carried seamlessly and efficiently.
About Media Links Inc.
Media Links Inc., headquartered in Milford, CT is providing the technology of choice to transport HD signals reliably, over existing IP/SONET contribution and primary distribution network infrastructures, eliminating the need to install and manage expensive HD encoders and Telco adapters. Moreover, by utilizing standards complaint IP encapsulation, Media Links is poised to seamlessly integrate current products to next generation IP networks and offer a flexible and cost effective migration path for its customers.
About Maredi
Maredi was recently awarded a contract to supply customer premises equipment to Telkom SA. Edi Technologies , a broad based Black Economic Empowerment consortium own 49 percent and Marubeni Corporation , a Japanese -based company owns 51 percent of Maredi Telecomm & Broadcasting.
