2X the content produced.
50% of the cost of the prior production operations model.
75% reduction in on-premises data center space.
Introducing our valued custoemr, London Live, a vibrant news broadcaster stationed in the heart of London. They are a local channel launched in 2014 that provides diverse content, including local news, current affairs, sports, arts, events, and entertainment. Their commitment to delivering real-time news and keeping Londoners informed and engaged sets them apart. By serving the London area under the legislation for local television, they broadcast on Freeview and Sky and deliver on digital platforms. Dive into their agility journey with us and discover how they’re making a difference in the broadcasting world.
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London Live’s production and control room needed to operate remotely during the pandemic to produce their daily news shows. In addition, they happened to be moving offices to reduce their footprint and improve their sustainability impact. The arrival of both challenges simultaneously provided a unique opportunity to rethink how they produced news. COVID came with little warning, meaning time was of the essence.
London Live engaged Support Partners to deploy a fully Microsoft Azure native solution allowing London Live to capture, produce, and deliver news from anywhere. Microsoft Azure represented a logical choice given their use of the Microsoft Office platform and the pre-integrated capabilities of the full Microsoft Cloud, reducing the project's delivery time. Support Partners professional services identified and designed a virtual workspace where the creative team members could access the latest hardware and software components to complete their news workflows.
The virtual workspace was then implemented, deployed, and managed as a service, providing a diverse set of users with the systems they need to work. Editors, producers, journalists, and technical directors all have the virtual workspaces they need and shared areas in which to collaborate utilizing Microsoft’s Office, Azure, and Support Partners’ AIR Workspaces. New environments can be requested, approved, and provisioned quickly while existing environments are cost-optimized using AIR Workspaces pause and destroy features.
By moving to virtual workspaces, London Live reduced its production team by ½ while producing double the amount of content. The streamlining of workflows leading to improved team productivity was critical. Further, they reduced the data center space by 75%, resulting in substantial savings in electrical, floor space, HVAC, and IT personnel. In addition, the remote workforce is now working mainly from home, reducing the number of daily commutes by 40K per year, which in turn is reducing their CO₂ emission footprint.
