| Intelsat is providing all-digital transmission of the
Games for many of the event's rights holders, using six satellites
from its global fleet covering every ocean region.
The Intelsat system is carrying Olympic footage from Athens to
North America, Asia and South America for a number of premier customers,
including CCTV in China and GlobeCast, a leading international provider
of satellite transmission and production services for professional
broadcast customers. GlobeCast will utilise Intelsat capacity to
offer high-quality services to ATV Hong Kong, TV Globo, Brazil,
TVB Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei Broadcast Pool. OTE, the national
telecom provider of Greece, will use the Intelsat system to provide
occasional use services to its customers in Europe. Intelsat-carried
Olympic images will be broadcast to a potential viewing audience
of over 3 billion people.
"Reliability is the most important aspect of providing coverage
of the Olympic Games to our clients' viewing audiences," said
Graham Smith, head of Sport for Europe at GlobeCast. "We are
utilising Intelsat satellites to deliver this content and we're
confident that during this exciting event our clients' programming
will benefit from Intelsat's experience and reputation for unmatched
satellite service."
"The Olympics is arguably one of the most important events
for bringing the people of the world together, and Intelsat is proud
to play a key role in making that happen by enabling quality video
distribution around the globe," said Intelsat, COO, Ramu Potarazu.
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