ARRIS Group, the broadband equipment specialist which last week announced that it will acquire U.K.-based Pace, Tuesday announced that it will offer Akamai Technologies' Aura Licensed Content Delivery Network (LCDN) as part of its end-to-end IP video portfolio. ARRIS will integrate Akamai's LCDN and Aura Object Store into its leading IP video solutions - such as the ARRIS M3 Media Server, Spectrum CPC, and nDVR - to give operators a variety of choices for streamlining, managing, and scaling digital content delivery. It will also support operators as they adopt multiscreen and mobile delivery platforms.
According to ARRIS, the future of entertainment reflects changing consumer behaviors, which emphasize personalized content delivered to growing number of end devices. By combining ARRIS IP solutions with Akamai's LCDN, ARRIS aims to empower operators to deliver content that's as personalized as possible for each end consumer and to scale that experience to millions of households.
Mick Scully, VP and General Manager, Carrier Products, Akamai Technologies
As customer expectations around TV viewing and video consumption change, Pay TV solutions must evolve as well. A key part of that evolution for network operators is the adoption of CDN technology as part of their overall solution. We're pleased that ARRIS chose to partner with Akamai, recognizing the advantages of combining our Aura CDN solutions with their TV Everywhere products. We're confident that the partnership with ARRIS will expand Akamai's presence with network and cable operators and also help us scale from a support perspective.
Peter Burke, SVP and General Manager, Video Systems, ARRIS
Our partnership with Akamai empowers operators to capitalize on end-to-end HTTP video delivery at scale—giving consumers the personalized entertainment that they demand. Our combined solutions are broadening ARRIS's capabilities in multiscreen IP video delivery, CDN-assisted VoD, and network DVR. Together, we're inventing the future of content delivery.
