Case Study: AUSTAR United Communications Limited achieves reduced travel and increased productivity with LifeSize HD video conferencing

Australia’s Leading Television Provider Utilizes HD Video from LifeSize to Reduce Travel, Increase Collaboration

AUSTAR, Australia’s largest regional subscription television provider, needed a travel alternative to support frequent face‑to‑face meetings between distributed teams. With staff across the country, their priorities were true‑to‑life HD video and audio, bandwidth efficiency on existing networks, ease of use, and a fast payback through reduced travel.

AUSTAR standardized on LifeSize Team, LifeSize Express and Express 200 units in key offices, enabling multi‑party HD video at 30 fps while running efficiently on existing bandwidth (DVD‑quality at ~512 Kbps). The systems quickly became the company’s primary conferencing tool, cut travel and its environmental impact, increased productivity, expanded usage from 3 to 30 hours per week across departments, and paid for themselves almost immediately.

AUSTAR United Communications Limited

Dean Walters

CIO