Intelsat has announced that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a multi-transponder deal for the video carriage of the 2008 Olympic Games to Europe.
The EBU will use C-/Ku-band cross-strap capacity on the Intelsat 706 satellite, located at 50.2 degrees East, to distribute the all HD event to its members. The EBU, of which a large proportion of the major European broadcasters are members, provides a full range of network services, including but not limited to HD transmissions to broadband video carriage.
“We are the only satellite operator able to offer cross-strapped C-band uplink and Ku-band downlink capacity from Beijing, enabling direct Ku-band reception into Europe for the EBU,” said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat’s Regional VP, Europe & Middle East in a prepared statement. “The 2008 summer Games provides another milestone in Intelsat’s unsurpassed track record in successfully supporting live, global HD transmissions.”
