Discovery inspires with real-life entertainment

Operating a private enterprise backbone is a primary element in Discovery’s transformation into a media powerhouse. “With our cloud journey, we decided to build our own WAN because it gives us control over the video quality to the cloud edge,” Duvall says.

The briefest blip disappoints viewers, whether watching a daredevil high-wire walk across the Grand Canyon or the match point at Wimbledon. Duvall’s team architected an enterprise MPLS backbone to the highest levels of service quality and operational efficiency. “Any packet loss can result in a black screen to air,” he says.

That’s a high-wire feat of the technical kind, with Juniper Networks^® MX Series Universal Routing Platforms for the advanced capabilities and controls that Discovery needs to deliver high-definition video at the lowest latency around the world.

“The beauty of our network architecture is that we can deliver any signal anywhere in the world with only one connection,” Duvall says.

Discovery has relied on Juniper networking for more than a decade. “Juniper is engaged and easy to work with,” Duvall says. “Discovery wants to have a two-way relationship with our vendors, and Juniper has done that better than any network vendor.”