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Globecast will also be working closely with four more official
Olympic broadcasting rights holders, ATV and TVB in Hong Kong and
Japan's TV Asahi and Fuji TV. Globecast will provide specifically
tailored packages including satellite transmissions and SNG services
for the duration of the games.
Globecast has isued a release stating that its services for rights
holders form part of the its comprehensive presence at the Athens
Olympics. Globecast is offering extensive facilities for non-rights
holding broadcasters. Globecast claims that some of them have already
contracted with Globecast for their Olympics coverage, through its
Broadcast Base formed in association with UK-based Gearhouse Broadcast
and Athens-based Stefi Productions.
The Broadcast Base offers non-rights holders a one-stop-shop for
all of their production and broadcast requirements, including studios,
work space, broadcast equipment, worldwide satellite transmissions,
uplinking facilities, playout, conversion, encoding and mobile SNG
facilities.
For Hong Kong’s two Olympic broadcast rights holders, Globecast
will provide six satellite channels with encoding equipment, uplinks
and compression for free-to-air ATV and a satellite uplink for TVB.
Japanese rights holders TV Asahi and Fuji TV have signed an agreement
with GlobeCast to secure the use of one SNG vehicle each, complete
with camera crew for the duration of the Games. This will enable
both stations to film live stand ups and report on human interest
stories from around the city of Athens, the release adds.
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