Connecticut, USA – January 12, 2016: Media Links, 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award winner, and the market leader in media and data transport over IP solutions, announces its sponsorship of the Sports Video Group, a leading, independent association that supports the professional sports community.

“The Sports Video Group is the preeminent organization in the world of sports television production and thus is an ideal platform for us to span the entire sports industry,” comments Tom Canavan, President of Media Links Inc. “As the industry rapidly transitions to IP-based remote production and infrastructure, Media Links is ideally positioned to partner with SVG’s member companies to provide effective solutions to reduce cost yet provide unmatched service levels.”

The Media Links solutions are particularly suited for the sports industry, empowering network and service providers to distribute and transmit live and file-based content, from venues to network and broadcast facilities, across the country or world, and all the way to the last mile / edge. Regardless of the type of content, whether it’s compressed or uncompressed video, audio and / or data, the Media Links solutions support a wide variety of core network infrastructures. They are also highly scalable and modular, which means the configuration of the systems are matched to the demands of individual applications. Robust redundancy with hitless operation supports its strength as a platform that guarantees quality of service in the most demanding applications.

Recent events include the Sochi Winter Games and World Cup Soccer.

Media Links EMEA, the UK-based subsidiary of the Media Global Links Corporation, recently became a gold sponsor of the pan-European division of the Sports Video Group, SVG Europe.