CenturyLink Inc. will provide digital video transmission services to several U.S. and Latin American networks planning to offer a live feed of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off June 14 in Moscow.
The networks using CenturyLink's services include FOX (US) in the U.S., TV Azteca in Mexico, and RCN Televisión SA and Caracol Televisión SA in Colombia. CenturyLink's Vyvx Solutions will provide a variety of services for the event, including HD transmission, JPEG2K, MPEG4 encoding, decoding, onsite operations, monitoring and support, PTP data and internet, and frame rate conversion, the company said.
