Hostworks wins broadcast contract

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:24

IT Industry - Deals

Online and digital media solutions vendor, Hostworks, has secured a contract with Australia's leading media and entertainment company, Southern Cross Austereo, to provide it with a managed online environment encompassing audio streaming and key radio station websites.

The partnership will see the utilisation of core Hostworks products including Elastic Computing Next Generation Backup, Managed OS and Egress networks.

According to Hostworks managing director, Paul Mullen, the partnership with Southern Cross Austereo signifies Hostworks' reputation as the 'provider of choice for Australia's leading media and entertainment organisations.'

Digital operations director at Southern Cross Austereo, Ryan O'Sullivan, said that with the radical increase of the accessibility of digital media, the company is uniquely positioned to lead the charge as its audiences continue to expand their consumption of digital content. 'This provides us with the opportunity to work with Hostworks to enable the provision of compelling and engaging cross-platform media solutions for our clients.'

Southern Cross Austereo is the result of a newly merged Southern Cross Media and Austereo, and O'Sullivan said the continuing expansion in to digital media remains a strong focus of the combined entity and Hostworks is on board to 'ensure the seamless delivery of the online environment for the company.