Juniper Networks announced it received an IP&TV World Forum Award as part of the IP&TV World Forum event. The Juniper Networks Media Flow Publisher was selected as the winner in the “Best Network or Access Network Technology for IP TV” category.

“The IP&TV Industry Awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate and recognize the innovation, excellence and achievement within the global IP delivered TV industry,” said Gavin Whitechurch, director, IP&TV World Forum. “The standard of entries was extremely high and the judges were faced with difficult decisions on selecting this year’s winners. I congratulate Juniper Networks on winning this award.”

“Media Flow Publisher is an excellent example of how taking a new approach can enable significant gains in efficiency and scale, benefiting our service provider customers’ business models,” said Rajan Raghavan, vice president and general manager, Content Media Business Unit, Juniper Networks. “With Media Flow Publisher, our customers can more efficiently deliver content to multiple screens, growing their revenue and increasing customer satisfaction by delivering better user experience with adaptive streaming.”

Media Flow Publisher is a Juniper Networks Media Flow application that enables cable operators, IPTV providers and content publishers to leverage their existing video infrastructure and cost-effectively extend the delivery of premium, high-quality content to multiple end-user devices. The new application complements and extends the capabilities of Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller, which is an innovative content delivery and caching software that enables customers to deliver rich media with maximum performance, efficiency and scale. Media Flow Publisher allows customers to convert existing video streams and content for adaptive bitrate streaming cost-effectively, enabling the content to be delivered over the Internet and other unmanaged networks with a superior quality of experience.

The IP&TV Industry Awards is an annual event recognizing and celebrating innovation, excellence and achievement in the IP&TV industry. The 2011 Awards were judged by a prestigious panel of senior and expert individuals, drawn from cable and telecom operators and independent experts, representing a cross-section of leading service providers from around the world.