Caton provided CVP carriage of National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in the 2022 season for ELEVEN SPORTS Taiwan, the Cable TV, IPTV and OTT content provider, now part of DAZN.
Caton Technology, a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions, has been contracted to provide circuits to carry Major League Baseball (MLB) games from the group’s broadcast centre in New York to three broadcasters in Taiwan. The delivery circuits use the CatonNet Video Platform (CVP), the turnkey, door-to-door transport built on widely available IP transmission.
Thanks to the excellent performance in the first year, it has renewed its contract with CVP of NPB for a further five years and this 2023 season MLB ELEVEN SPORTS Taiwan has been joined by traditional broadcaster Chinese Television System (CTS) and streaming service ELTA, who also own rights to Taiwan. Baseball is very popular in Taiwan, and these three right holders collectively reach more than 75% of the fan base in the country.
Global distribution of video services like high-quality, time-constrained sports coverage has traditionally been very expensive and complicated to implement. CVP provides critical quality delivery over a mix of the open internet and Caton’s own infrastructure, allowing it to guarantee performance from door-to-door, eliminating the often costly links from points of presence to broadcasters. CVP manages the end-to-end delivery, spreading the stream across multiple paths where necessary to provide the required bandwidth and resilience.
