SES
announced that Eurovision – the European
Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) distributor of
premium sports and news events – is broadcasting
the 2014 FIFA World Cup to audiences throughout
North America, Latin America, Europe and
Asia in Ultra HD and HD via SES satellites.
Eurovision is distributing matches live in Ultra
HD to their global network using the NSS-806
satellite and SES’s teleport in Manassas. SES’s
NSS-7 and SES-6 spacecraft are being used to
enable Eurovision to deliver matches from the 12
World Cup venues throughout Brazil to the
International Broadcast Center in Rio de
Janeiro.
“Eurovision and the EBU are gearing up for one
of the largest broadcast operations requirements
in the history of the World Cup, now including
Ultra HD content. The live coverage of some
matches in Ultra HD will allow consumers to
catch a glimpse of the future of TV,” said Paolo
Pusterla, Eurovision’s Head of Procurement.
“Consumers today
expect higher and better image quality when
watching TV. We are proud to be able to continue
working with Eurovision to fulfill the
ever-changing demands of broadcasters with
confidence, by providing hybrid solutions to
deliver coverage of this spectacular sporting
event to over 3 billion people around the
world,” said Samantha McCloskey, Vice President
of Global Occasional Use Services at SES.
