TV Azteca’s adn40 network is a successful free-to-air television channel and streaming service with programming primarily focused on news and discussion, with additional sports, culture, entertainment and documentary content delivered to audiences across Mexico, the wider Latam region, and internationally. As the network continued to grow, TV Azteca identified the need to strengthen its operational resilience.
To protect the network from unexpected outages, on-premise equipment failures, or other broadcast-critical disruptions, the broadcaster required a robust disaster recovery (DR) solution. TV Azteca needed an approach that would minimise cost, complexity, and deployment time, while ensuring that the network remained on air under any circumstances.
TV Azteca selected Veset Nimbus to launch a cloud-based back-up channel, enabling the broadcaster to rapidly switch to an alternative playout environment in the event of an outage or disruption to its primary broadcast infrastructure. Delivered via the AWS Marketplace, by shifting the DR workflow to the cloud, TV Azteca removed the need to invest in new hardware, saving time, complexity and cost. Added to that, it is also benefitting from ongoing operational costs because as with most cloud services, Veset Nimbus works on a pay-per-use basis, so the broadcaster is only paying for services it’s actively using.
Aside from cost efficiency, as a cloud solution, Veset Nimbus also provides levels of scalability and flexibility that traditional on-premise infrastructure struggles to match. It enables TV Azteca to manage and monitor the DR channel from anywhere, ensuring resilience even if local facilities are compromised.
TV Azteca is one of the largest producers of Spanish-language television content worldwide. It broadcasts four national television channels in Mexico, namely Azteca one, Azteca 7, adn40, and a+, through more than 300 local stations. TV Azteca Internacional also operates seven pay-TV channels: Azteca Internacional, Clic, Corazón, Cinema Azteca, Deportes Network, Azteca UNO -1hr, and -2hrs, reaching an audience of more than 300 million people worldwide. Additionally, it is responsible for distributing the extensive catalogue of content produced by the television network throughout its 29 years of history.
Rapid deployment: Launching a DR channel through Veset Nimbus on AWS Marketplace allowed TV Azteca to set up a fully functional business-continuity workflow quickly and efficiently.
Reduced upfront and ongoing costs: By launching the channel on the cloud, TV Azteca is benefiting from reduced operational costs both in terms of costs associated with purchasing new hardware and with ongoing maintenance and upgrades.
Increased flexibility: TV Azteca operators can manage the channel from any location.
Improved Scalability: As a cloud-based solution, Veset Nimbus will allow TV Azteca to expand DR coverage to additional channels with ease.
Easy Integration: Veset Nimbus can be easily integrated with numerous solutions making it easy for TV Azteca to integrate with its existing infrastructure.
