Video Services

Overview

Video Service from CenturyLink offers broadcast-quality video on demand.

CenturyLink is an experienced provider of video services. CenturyLink offers a wide range of technical specification packages, as well as the Performance Maintenance Guarantee and strong back-office capabilities.

With our Video Service, you may:

• Save time by eliminating delays, connection times and reducing errors caused by distortion common to analog transmissions.
• Expect quality and reliability of broadcast-quality, digital video signals that travel over fiber optics.
• Customize service using multiple usage and package options.

Features & Benefits

• Reliability and quality of digital transmission - saves time by eliminating delays and reducing errors caused by distortion common to analog transmissions.
• May be used for video and audio signals - consolidates communications over a single circuit reducing the end-user customer's expenditures.
• Available at all times because the connection is dedicated - saves time by eliminating delays and connection times.
• Efficient transport of broadcast-quality, digital video signals over fiber optics to the end-user's network interface - provides reliability, convenience and value.
• Pricing offered on a daily, monthly or per event basis - offers the flexibility of multiple usage options.
• Wide range of technical specification packages - offers the flexibility of multiple package options.

Product Details

The CenturyLink Video Service is a digitally transmitted analog signal that uses the National Television Systems Committee standard to provide a broadcast quality 525 line/60 field color signal. Video services are available on a monthly, daily or per event basis.

An analog video channel is an operational 6.2 Mhz channel with one-way transmission capability for a standard 525 line/60 field monochrome or National Television Systems Committee color video signal and up to four associated 5 to 15 kHz audio signal(s). The associated audio signal may be either diplexed or provided as one or two separate channels.

Digital Video Transport provides for the transport of one-way and two-way digital video signals to your end-user customer's network interface via a 45 Mbps electrical circuit, with the associated COmpression/DEcompression (CODEC) equipment supplied by the end user. The actual bit rate and framing format for this service is determined by the channel interface selected by the end user.

Business Applications

• Our Video Service is requested by television broadcasters to provide coverage of special live news events.
• This service can link multiple sites of affiliates to the parent broadcasting company. It is an ideal solution for corporations, medical and educational institutions.
• This service also offers flexibility in pricing by offering per event, daily and monthly rates. Any broadcasting organization with a need for analog video (TV) channel is a candidate for this service.