Verizon is putting some fiber to work in a high profile sports vertical deal. The company recently announced an agreement with the National Basketball Association to build a fiber-based video distribution network.
The network will connect all 29 arenas with two diversely routed 100G fiber circuits. According to the announcement that will boost capacity by a factor of 10 over the current infrastructure, suggesting that 10G circuits are doing the job currently. Each arena will be connected back to hubs in Newark and Atlanta as well as a virtual NOC in Dulles which will do the monitoring.
The new video distribution network will support 1080p resolution on all broadcasts as well as 30 new cameras within the arenas. It is expected to be live starting in the second half of next year.
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Wow. This is interesting. Zayo built a very similar solution a few years back and we’re crowing about it. Had a dedicated Video NOC and everything. However with most things Zayo, that soon went and the usual NOC took over. Wonder if that’s when the wheels fell off…
Yup:
https://www.telecomramblings.com/2014/09/nba-taps-zayos-fiber/
Seems odd to have Verizon redo this now. Just a marketing thing? Doesn’t mention actually connecting arenas with fiber, so maybe still riding on Zayo assets?
Thanks guys, I had forgotten about this, else I’d have mentioned it in the article. I too am curious…
It was Level 3 before Zayo, so Jack Waters has lost this deal twice.
NBA was not down with the walmart method.
What is the Walmart method?
Obviously you never worked in Level 3 or Zayo network arch/eng/procurement…. fun stories
Definitely a Zayo resell, VZ isn’t laying new fiber.
Don’t worry… NBA will up and leave VZ once their contract is up. Level 3/Vyvx, Zayo, next up = VZ.