A new alliance between TVNZ Satellite Services Limited and international satellite service provider, Intelsat, will provide South African rugby fans with live coverage of the Rugby World Cup to be played in Australia from 10 October to 22 November.
The world feed will be uplinked to Intelsat capacity from the Channel 7 International Broadcast Centre in Sydney using TVNZ mobile transmitting equipment.
The alliance is carrying all the games for M-Net`s SuperSport, while SABC is a sub-rights holder. Live satellite delivery will also be extended to J-Sport (Japan), Fox Sports International (Los Angeles), ESPN Star Sports (Singapore), Fiji TV and other Pacific island nations.
The new alliance is targeted to better serve the news, sport and special event needs of the international television community. In addition to its global network of ground resources, Intelsat will contribute dedicated capacity on at least eight of its 25 geosynchronous satellites. TVNZ will contribute occasional use service and television broadcast expertise.
"As a television broadcaster as well as an occasional use services consumer and supplier, TVNZ has first-hand knowledge of what it takes to deliver the quality and added value required for an event like Rugby World Cup," explained Sam Fairhall, Managing Director of TVNZ Satellite Services Ltd.
The alliance will be managed day-to-day by TVNZ. International (24/7) operations centres in Auckland and in Washington DC will provide seamless support for all service requirements including booking, billing and special event planning. TVNZ is an Olympic Games rights-holder and is a contracted producer of Olympic events to the International Olympic Committee.
Jon Romm, President of Intelsat`s Media & Entertainment business unit, said: "This alliance will present customers with the best of both worlds - the knowledge and expertise of a broadcaster combined with the reliable and flexible network assets of a global satellite provider - in one simple end-to-end solution. This alliance will package virtually every value-add and customer benefit and make it easily accessible."
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Intelsat, Ltd offers telephony, corporate network, video and Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 25 geosynchronous satellites in prime orbital locations. Customers in approximately 200 countries rely on Intelsat satellites and ground resources for quality connections, global reach and reliability. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com.
TVNZ Satellite Services Limited
TVNZ Satellite Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary within the TVNZ Group of companies based in New Zealand. For over 15 years, it has provided global occasional use satellite carriage and production enhancement services to news agencies, rights-holders and television broadcasters located worldwide. TVNZ is also renowned for the provision of host broadcast services and is a contracted host services provider to the IOC. For more information, visit www.tvsat.net.
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