ESPN
STAR
Sports
Chooses
GlobeCast
for
ICC
World
Twenty20
Cricket
13
May
2010,
ESPN
STAR
Sports
has
chosen
GlobeCast
as
its
technical
broadcast
partner
to
deliver
world-class
cricket
from
the
ICC
World
Twenty20
from
the West Indies to the rest of the world.
As
the
International
Cricket
Council’s
global
distribution
and
broadcast
partner,
ESPN
STAR
Sports
(ESS)
needed
a
flawless
hybrid
satellite/fiber
solution
to
broadcast
all
the
games
to
rights
holders
across
the
world
in
the
highest
quality,
and
GlobeCast
was
chosen
as
the
best
provider
of
this
solution.
Close
to
40
broadcast
and
syndication
partners
of
ESPN
STAR
Sports
will
show
the
action
in
over
181
territories
across
the
world.
GlobeCast
is
deploying
engineers
at
each
of
the
three
venues:
Providence
Stadium
in
Guyana,
Beausejour
Stadium
in
St
Lucia,
and
Kensington
Oval
in
Barbados.
Additionally,
GlobeCast
provides
a
24-hour
satellite
booking
centre
and
helpdesk
during
live
transmission.
The
GlobeCast
Backbone
Network
deploys
a
diverse,
cost-effective
and
secure
fiber
path
for
the
transmission
of
the
world
feed
as
well
as a
unilateral
feed
for
ESPN
STAR
Sports.
For
the
world
feed,
the
signal
is
sent
from
the
various
locations
in
the
West
Indies
to
GlobeCast’s
partner
teleport
in
London,
where
it
is
uplinked
to
several
international
satellites
reaching
audiences
in
North
America,
Western
Europe, South Africa, Oceania, Middle East and Asia.
For
ESPN
STAR
Sports’
unilateral
path,
GlobeCast
downlinks
the
feed
in
London
and
sends
the
signal
directly
via
fiber
to
GlobeCast
in
Singapore
for
uplink.
An
SNG
in
New
Delhi
then
downlinks
the
feed
and
routes
it
to
ESPN
STAR
Sports
facilities
in India for additional
production
before
ingesting
into
its
networks.
The
ICC
World
Twenty20
comprising
27
men’s
matches
are
being
covered
live
by
ESPN
STAR
Sports
from
30
April
to
16
May.
Additionally,
the
Women’s
semi
finals
and
the
final
are
beamed
across
the
world,
giving
similar
exposure
to
women’s
Twenty20
cricket
worldwide.
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