M2A Media expands into North America
June 27, 2023
M2A Media, specialists in cloud-based live video solutions, has announced its expansion into North America, as the company grows to serve a growing international customer base.
M2A Media has chosen the state of Oregon as the home for its American base, establishing a Media Control Room (MCR) and expert Operations team in downtown Portland. M2A Media’s Operations team ensure the availability, performance and quality of M2A Media’s services and output 24/7, delivering up to one billion hours of streamed video content from up to 25,000 live events a year.
This latest expansion allows M2A to deploy a ‘follow-the-sun’ methodology, guaranteeing the availability and expertise of M2A’s Media Operators across multiple time zones while improving working hours for London-based operations staff. M2A Media now has MCRs in London, Oregon and Dhaka.
“Our expansion into North America is a fantastic example of M2A’s organic growth, it being born out of the need to service a growing global customer base,” said Leon Box, Chief Operating Officer, M2A Media. “Portland, Oregon is the perfect location for our American operations. Not only are we now closer to our customers on the West Coast, but also to key technology partners, such as AWS. As broadcast technology continues to transition to the cloud, M2A is perfectly placed to offer the very best tools and expertise to help the industry achieve this as seamlessly as possible.”