The company operates three free-to-air television channels in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. According to Network Ten head of technology and infrastructure, Jason Tuendemann, the project was conducted in 2011 to save costs associated with running the network and to increase its capacity/performance.

The three original networks were converged into a virtual private LAN service (VPLS) network with gigabit access speeds to all studio sites in major cities across Australia. Nextgen and AAPT began providing the networking services last year.

In depth: Speed to screen drives Fox Sports Australia's networking upgrade

"Because we're using the network for real-time broadcasting, which includes interview situations, it's very important to keep latency down," Tuendemann said.