Tandberg TV Scores
Exclusive Agreement with GlobeCast for 2004 Olympics
(26 February 2004) Satellite
services company GlobeCast has chosen Tandberg Television as its broadcast
equipment provider of choice for this summer’s Olympic games in Athens. A
host of Tandberg Television’s latest equipment, including multiplexers,
MPEG-2 encoders, modulators and network adapters, will be at the heart of
GlobeCast’s compression and satellite/fibre distribution services for the
duration of the games.
GlobeCast - a subsidiary of
France Telecom - is one of the world’s leading satellite services
providers, operating a global network of satellite distribution platforms for
broadcast and advanced content delivery.
The world’s media will
descend on the main Olympic stadium (the OCC) and other locations across Athens
from late July, with billions of viewers tuning in throughout August. Located
very close to the OCC, the majority of Tandberg Television equipment will be
housed at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC). The IBC will be used as a
base by rights holders from around the world, including TV Globo and ATV Hong
Kong, who have already been signed up by GlobeCast. Feeds taken from around
Athens will be distributed to broadcast platforms all over the world via
Tandberg Television equipment. Tandberg Television technology will also be used
at GlobeCast’s broadcast area - Athens Broadcast Services - which will
assemble an all-digital MCR, playout, connectivity, C and Ku band satellite
transmission, as well as production edit suites, offices and work space with
ancillary services to serve the requirements of non-rights holders and other
broadcasters.
As with most major sporting events, Tandberg Television
will be supporting its many customers at the Olympics with an onsite technical
support team, which will spend the duration of the games in Athens, enabling
broadcasters to deliver live footage from multiple venues to locations around
the world.
(source: Tandberg TV)
