Five awards disaster recovery deal to BBC Broadcast

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BBC Broadcast, one of the corporation’s commercial subsidiaries has signed a five year contract to provide UK commercial broadcaster Five with ‘level one’ disaster recovery.

From January 2005, the Broadcast Centre will be the first port of call in the event of a disaster, and will provide the capability to playout Five’s services to all platforms straight away. BBC Broadcast has provided Five’s phase two disaster recovery since July 2003, and this agreement now makes the Broadcast Centre the first alternative for Five should something happen to their existing playout facility .

"The Broadcast Centre is one of the safest and resilient places in the UK,” claimed John Pink, Director of Marketing, Sales and Client Services, BBC Broadcast. "It is essential that Five has reliable contingencies in place to minimise any impact on our viewers and advertisers” said David Burge Controller of Broadcast services for Five. "By moving our primary disaster recovery to BBC Broadcast we can achieve the level of resilience we require."