Teleglobe Wins Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Contract to Serve as Official Carrier for 2000 Olympic Games
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1999 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has chosen Teleglobe Communications Corporation's global fiber optic and satellite network to support its broadcast, voice and data transmission needs during the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games, Teleglobe announced today at Satellite '99. Teleglobe was chosen from a field of finalists because of its wealth of experience in telecommunications and live broadcast transmission.
'This is a prestigious award for Teleglobe,' said Paolo Guidi, Chairman and CEO, Teleglobe Communications Corporation. 'We will be providing a turnkey solution for CBC's contingent in Australia. Our network will handle all video, voice and data requirements seamlessly, using Teleglobe's global facilities the whole way.'
Teleglobe will carry 24 hours of sports and ceremonial coverage for the CBC each day during the 21 day event. The contract also calls for it to support the voice and data requirements of the CBC technical and production team that will be on site in Sydney.
'Teleglobe's proposal met all our transmission requirements for the Sydney games,' said Joe Sidoli, Manager of Operations, CBC Sports. 'From a logistical viewpoint, broadcasting the Games is a massive endeavor. We chose Teleglobe because of their demonstrated technical competence, impressive network infrastructure, and level of professional and technical expertise.'
Teleglobe will carry the broadcast signal via satellite from Sydney through to its Lake Cowichan earth station complex in Canada. The signal then will be looped into Toronto and Montreal on discreet dedicated 45 Mbps fiber capacity. The program distribution will travel through six different time zones by satellite and cable in combination with microwave and landline facilities to feed 90 CBC owned radio and television stations, 1,163 CBC rebroadcasters, 30 private affiliated stations, and 293 affiliated or community rebroadcasters.
The CBC's broadcast partners for this event include CBC Sports, CBC News, CBC Radio, Radio-Canada Sports, RDI and cable operators TSN and RDS.
Teleglobe has carried numerous high-profile live events over its broadcast network, including:
? 'Live' and videotape transmission coverage of Hurricane Mitch and flooding in Honduras for U.S. networks
? The Desert Fox conflict and bombing of Iraq for U.S. networks
? Golden Globe Award transmission to Israel Television
? Montreal Grand Prix global transmission
? The Academy Awards from the United States to the United Kingdom and Africa
? Hawaii's Miss Universe pageant to Europe for CBS
? Grammy Awards worldwide transmission
? President Clinton's 11-nation tour of Africa for the U.S. broadcast network pool, including ABC, CBS, C-Span, Fox News, NBC and WTN
? The first MPEG-2 transmission of an Olympic Games, the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (in conjunction with Bell Canada)
Teleglobe now ranks among the world's top providers of intercontinental digital television transmission services. More than 100 of the world's top broadcasters use the service for intercontinental digital television transmission, including ABC, CBC, CNN, the Ethnic American Broadcasting Company, ESPN, Fuji-TV, Israeli Channel 2 News, The Sports Network (TSN) and TV New Zealand. The company provides a full range of global broadcast transmission services on a full-time, events services and occasional use basis.
Teleglobe Inc. (NYSE, TSE, ME: TGO) is a recognized leader in global telecommunications. Through its subsidiary Teleglobe Communications Corporation, the company develops and supplies global connectivity services to carriers, Internet service providers, multinational corporations and broadcast customers worldwide. Through Excel Communication's proven marketing and distribution channels, Teleglobe also caters to an expanding international retail customer base. The company is the fourth-ranked long distance provider in the United States and, according to a recent KMI Corporation study, the third largest owner of international undersea fiber optic cable systems. Teleglobe has a 50% interest in ORBCOMM, the world's first commercial low-earth-orbit, satellite-ba
'This is a prestigious award for Teleglobe,' said Paolo Guidi, Chairman and CEO, Teleglobe Communications Corporation. 'We will be providing a turnkey solution for CBC's contingent in Australia. Our network will handle all video, voice and data requirements seamlessly, using Teleglobe's global facilities the whole way.'
Teleglobe will carry 24 hours of sports and ceremonial coverage for the CBC each day during the 21 day event. The contract also calls for it to support the voice and data requirements of the CBC technical and production team that will be on site in Sydney.
'Teleglobe's proposal met all our transmission requirements for the Sydney games,' said Joe Sidoli, Manager of Operations, CBC Sports. 'From a logistical viewpoint, broadcasting the Games is a massive endeavor. We chose Teleglobe because of their demonstrated technical competence, impressive network infrastructure, and level of professional and technical expertise.'
Teleglobe will carry the broadcast signal via satellite from Sydney through to its Lake Cowichan earth station complex in Canada. The signal then will be looped into Toronto and Montreal on discreet dedicated 45 Mbps fiber capacity. The program distribution will travel through six different time zones by satellite and cable in combination with microwave and landline facilities to feed 90 CBC owned radio and television stations, 1,163 CBC rebroadcasters, 30 private affiliated stations, and 293 affiliated or community rebroadcasters.
The CBC's broadcast partners for this event include CBC Sports, CBC News, CBC Radio, Radio-Canada Sports, RDI and cable operators TSN and RDS.
Teleglobe has carried numerous high-profile live events over its broadcast network, including:
? 'Live' and videotape transmission coverage of Hurricane Mitch and flooding in Honduras for U.S. networks
? The Desert Fox conflict and bombing of Iraq for U.S. networks
? Golden Globe Award transmission to Israel Television
? Montreal Grand Prix global transmission
? The Academy Awards from the United States to the United Kingdom and Africa
? Hawaii's Miss Universe pageant to Europe for CBS
? Grammy Awards worldwide transmission
? President Clinton's 11-nation tour of Africa for the U.S. broadcast network pool, including ABC, CBS, C-Span, Fox News, NBC and WTN
? The first MPEG-2 transmission of an Olympic Games, the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (in conjunction with Bell Canada)
Teleglobe now ranks among the world's top providers of intercontinental digital television transmission services. More than 100 of the world's top broadcasters use the service for intercontinental digital television transmission, including ABC, CBC, CNN, the Ethnic American Broadcasting Company, ESPN, Fuji-TV, Israeli Channel 2 News, The Sports Network (TSN) and TV New Zealand. The company provides a full range of global broadcast transmission services on a full-time, events services and occasional use basis.
Teleglobe Inc. (NYSE, TSE, ME: TGO) is a recognized leader in global telecommunications. Through its subsidiary Teleglobe Communications Corporation, the company develops and supplies global connectivity services to carriers, Internet service providers, multinational corporations and broadcast customers worldwide. Through Excel Communication's proven marketing and distribution channels, Teleglobe also caters to an expanding international retail customer base. The company is the fourth-ranked long distance provider in the United States and, according to a recent KMI Corporation study, the third largest owner of international undersea fiber optic cable systems. Teleglobe has a 50% interest in ORBCOMM, the world's first commercial low-earth-orbit, satellite-ba