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Net Insight technology key for coverage of the
2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships |
As the best alpine skiers are gathered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany for the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships running February 8-20, Net Insight is delivering its high quality video transport solution to key global media operators and major rights holders, for HD broadcast as well as AES-EBU for audio.
With the viewers' requirements of perfect coverage of the competition SRG SSR, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation relies on the Nimbra solution for its contribution feeds from Garmisch to Zurich. The German public broadcaster ZDF in cooperation with Net Insight's partner Controlware, use the Nimbra solution for contribution to ZDF's headquarters in Mainz.
Furthermore, the Swedish broadcaster TV4 uses Net Insight's platform for contribution services. And as always from large sport events EBU uses its Nimbra-based Eurovision fibre network for secure and high quality distribution to its wide network of TV broadcasters around the world.
High consumer demand for high-quality HD content from live events
The proliferation of new broadcast technologies, such as HDTV, 3DTV, mobile phone and PC viewing introduces opportunities of new revenue streams for sports rights holders. Consumer demand for high-quality HD content from live events is increasing and requires 100% QoS, 100% of the time. In addition, the requirement to upgrade broadcast networks to accommodate 1080p for future-proof production of media-rich content is already here. 3D viewing of live events has gone from experiments to regular programming. The 3D broadcast of the Oscars 82nd Academy Awards in 2010 is credited for the 25% increase in viewers over the previous year, according to Neilson ratings.
Nimbra Platform transports broadcast of the world's largest sports event
Net Insight is thrilled to be part of and able to push the rapid evolution together with a range of major broadcasters and rights owners. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa Net Insight had nine different customers broadcasting from the event. One of them, ESPN introduced 3D to its viewers by broadcasting 25 football matches through its Nimbra transport network.
The trust in Net Insight for core networks during large sports event has its roots in repeated successes during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2009 in Berlin, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and the 16th Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou.
Key Benefits of the Nimbra Platform for world-class events:
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High density equipment with support for uncompressed HD-SDI, 3G-SDI and GE connections in the same chassis.
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Dark fiber, WDM, IP and SDH/SONET connections for maximum flexibility.
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Media specialized network management system for easy monitoring, configuration and provisioning from a central location.
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