Claranet to host new HD service that aims to bring theatres into the home
Claranet to host new HD service that aims to bring theatres into the home
Digital Theatre, the UK’s first website offering high-definition (HD) downloadable theatre productions, has announced the launch of its streaming service.
This streaming capability will complement its current downloadable catalogue of theatre productions on the website, which is hosted on dedicated infrastructure by Claranet.
Claranet said its robust, flexible and high capacity hosting environment delivers uptime with an end-to-end service level agreement (SLA). This enables Digital Theatre to provide customers with a high-quality online experience when viewing and downloading performances. It also helps the company make it easier for anyone, anywhere, to experience London’s finest theatre productions.
Digital Theatre co-founders, Robert Delamere and Tom Shaw said: “Our new live streaming service is another great way to enjoy theatre online, users can now enjoy instant access to our theatre catalogue without having to download our theatre player. This of course places a greater demand on our site/system and it’s important that we have a service provider that can ultimately provide us and our customers with the best possible service.”
Testament to rapid popular growth
Claranet has provided managed hosting services to Digital Theatre since the website launched in October 2009 with support from its first five theatre partners, The Almeida Theatre, English Touring Theatre, The Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Young Vic.
In its first six months Digital Theatre has been viewed by over 30,000 people in 107 countries. Digital Theatre’s continuing success and growth highlights the critical need for a hosting platform that is reliable, scalable and flexible enough to handle rapid, large-scale changes in demand.
Claranet’s UK managing director, Michel Robert, commented: “We’re are thrilled to be working with such a pioneering company as Digital Theatre and excited about helping it to provide the new live streaming service.
“As more video content moves online we continue to experience strong demand for high capacity, high availability hosting and network infrastructure. Our work with customers in these sectors helps us to advance our managed services to meet their changing requirements.”
