Hogarth Worldwide Enhances Advertising Content Sharing, Security and Storage Across Continents with Level 3

- WPP Group Company Selects Level 3 to Enable Production Teams to Share and Localize Multiple Terabytes of Video and Other Digital Content

LONDON, Feb. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that Hogarth Worldwide Limited has selected its network connectivity and colocation services to enable secure global sharing and back-up of large TV, print and digital production files across four continents.    

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Part of WPP Group, and a world leader in marketing communications services, Hogarth Worldwide is rapidly expanding its global footprint. The company needs scalable connectivity to support video, digital and print advertising production facilities, which are growing at a rate of approximately 0.5 terabytes of additional content every week.

Multiple production teams of up to 100 people, located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America, will rely on Level 3's international 10GigE wavelengths and VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) to securely share content, enabling it to be tailored for local markets. Because of the sensitive, mission-critical content Hogarth works with on a daily basis, the company needed a way to ensure its documents and projects were secure and accessible at any time. Therefore, Hogarth selected Level 3's colocation and London datacenter services to provide an additional layer of redundancy. 

"The sharing and localization of digital assets is central to our global growth," said Dino Ciminiello, Group IT Director at Hogarth Worldwide. "We selected Level 3 to enable this level of collaboration as we need a network partner of truly international scale with the capacity to grow alongside our demands."

He added: "In addition, Level 3 understands the importance of data integrity, providing secure data transmission using VPLS, as well as significant redundancy capabilities -- all backed up with support. This is vital for our business continuity and disaster recovery strategy."

Level 3's wavelengths are designed for delivering demanding content and are available at speeds up to 100GigE. Level 3's VPLS will also allow Hogarth Worldwide's users in London, New York, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Bucharest, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sao Paulo and Mexico City to communicate over a fully meshed private network, allowing globally dispersed locations to share data securely.    

Tim Passingham, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business, EMEA at Level 3, said, "Marketing and advertising requires scalable connectivity because it is an incredibly dynamic market continually responding to emerging rich media trends.  With our ability to deliver this type of content for businesses around the world, the Level 3 network is well positioned to support Hogarth Worldwide's international growth objectives."

For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service offerings, visit www.level3.com.

About Hogarth Worldwide Limited 
Hogarth Worldwide Limited, headquartered in London, is part of WPP, a world leader in marketing communication services. Hogarth specializes in the production of TV, print and digital campaigns, and in localizing content for specific markets – a process called "transcreation". It has developed market-leading technology to help clients deliver campaigns at a fraction of the usual costs, and is constantly looking at new ways to improve campaign production and distribution efficiency. For further information, visit www.hogarthww.com.

This information is provided by Hogarth Worldwide Limited, which is solely responsible for its content.

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in 60 countries over a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc.  For more information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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