Serving an Ace: The Switch delivers live HD feeds of the French Open to Tennis Channel and rsquo;s largest audience yet
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Posted: 24/06/2021
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The Switch, a leading provider of production services and global delivery of live video, deployed groundbreaking connectivity to support live coverage of this year’s French Open. The state-of-the-art deployment in Paris’s Stade Roland Garros, home to the Grand Slam tournament, allowed the transport of uncompressed HD feeds via dedicated fiber paths to the main broadcast rightsholders. The Switch’s robust delivery network enabled Tennis Channel to reach its largest audience yet for the men’s singles semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on June 11, reaching 511,000 viewers. |
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ATEME Shapes the Future of Television at the 2017 French Open
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Posted: 20/06/2017
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ATEME, a global leader in advanced video compression solutions for the broadcast industry, today announced that once again it successfully demonstrated the power of its TITAN© Live software-based live video solution at the 2017 French Open. TITAN Live was used to power a Virtual Reality application available during the entire tournament. The application offered a fully immersive 180° and 360° live viewing experience to tennis fans and was created by ATEMEs partner LiveLike. Available for free on iOS and Android devices, it used ATEMEs TITAN Live solution to encode UHD signals at various bit rates in order to offer the best video quality experience on tablets and smartphones to French Open fans. |
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Video Equipment Rentals Improves Competitive Position by Installing Calrec Audio Consoles in Flypack Rental Units
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Posted: 02/06/2014
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Global audio and video equipment rental company Video Equipment Rentals (VER) has added two Calrec Audio digital consoles into rental flypacks that will cover events worldwide, the first of which is the 2014 French Open tennis tournament happening now. The Calrec consoles will enable VER to compete more strongly for opportunities in the mid- to large-scale flypack rental market. |
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RTS serves an ace at the French Open in Paris
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Posted: 13/09/2013
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The French Open tennis tournament ran from May 21 to June 9 this year, as ever, in Paris. The Tournoi de Roland Garros, as it is officially known, is one of the four Grand Slam events in the tennis calendar and was first held in 1891. The capture and distribution of sound and images from the event, which attracted massive attention worldwide, with live coverage in over 150 countries, was the responsibility of the French broadcasting giant France Televisions.
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GlobeCast Successfully Delivers HD French Open Coverage for NBC Sports
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Posted: 06/06/2011
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This weekend, GlobeCast successfully wrapped up its services to NBC Sports' HD coverage of the 2011 French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris.
For the duration of the May 22 - June 5 event, GlobeCast provided NBC Sports with a dedicated HD satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicle, enabling delivery of live HD feeds from France to the United States. GlobeCast's solution included an SNG uplink, technical staff to support ground operations, and international satellite capacity to transport the signal from Paris to New York.
Jim Ellis, operations producer at NBC Sports in New York said, "GlobeCast's quality of service and commitment to our program are two reasons why I continue to enjoy working with them on the French Open."
This is the third year that GlobeCast has worked with NBC Sports on the prestigious international tennis tournament.
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