1+1 Media Group: delivering news and entertaining viewers in Ukraine and across the world

1+1 Media Group is a major force in the Ukrainian television industry, broadcasting round-the-clock news, entertainment and thematic content in Ukraine and internationally. The group comprises eight TV channels: 1+1, 2+2, TET, PLUSPLUS, Bigudi, Paramount Comedy, UNIAN TV and 1+1 International, which target the Ukrainian diaspora around the world. The group also holds several additional online news platforms, including TSN.ua, UNIAN, Glavred.info Telekritika, VOD-platform 1+1 video and own production department, and the High School of Media & Production.

To scale profitably to growing audiences in Ukraine and across the world, 1+1 Media Group has chosen Streamroot’s peer-to-peer network on top of its existing delivery infrastructure, and has implemented Streamroot across its domestic and international channels. With Streamroot, 1+1 online platform, which includes both live and VoD content, is now capable of delivering higher bitrates while cutting CDN costs, and effortlessly handle prime-time traffic peaks.