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SES New Skies Provides RTL TV with Special Event Internet Access Services at Formula 1 Grand Prix Races |
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 29, 2006/Satnews Daily/ ― SES New Skies, an SES Global company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG), said it has successfully provided special event satellite Internet services supporting RTL Television’s coverage of the Formula 1 Grand Prix races. The German broadcaster has used capacity on the company’s NSS-6 and NSS-7 satellites for high-speed internet access services used onsite by its crew at Grand Prix races around the world.
RTL Television Germany, based in Cologne, is the German and RTL group rights-holders for the Formula 1 Grand Prix’s. The broadcasting group covers all nineteen annual Grand Prix races, which the longstanding customer of SES Astra compiles into their normal programming and distributes via SES Astra’s satellite system at 19.2º East.
Typically, sports broadcasters such as RTL Television covering Grand Prix races bring a container complete with archived tapes and file materials of past races, driver biographies, incidents and backgrounders which are used onsite to complement the live video segments, as the entire program is broadcast live from site, complete with graphics and commentary.
RTL approached SES New Skies describing their need for a DSL-like service via satellite, which would allow them to download, and view video archive footage stored at their Cologne headquarters during the races. SES New Skies worked closely with the broadcaster through testing to define their exact technical requirements. After analyzing the results, SES New Skies suggested IPsys® DVB/SCPC service as the best solution to meet RTL’s requirements for guaranteed bandwidth.
Stefan Flügge from RTL Television’s Sports Production Department said RTL is constantly striving to improve the way they deliver content to its television viewers. “SES New Skies was instrumental in providing us with a cost-effective and efficient solution to support our Sound & Vision crew in producing an even higher quality of programming,” he said.
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