Interoute: valued link in the EUROVISION live sports & media events broadcast chain
Geneva on 22 October 2012
Interoute, owner-operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, plays a key role in delivering thousands of hours of seamless coverage to Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Interoute was the principal optical fibre provider used by EUROVISION, operated by EBU, to share television and radio feeds from the International Broadcast Centre for a major sports event last summer, with more than 70 media organisations in and around Europe. On this occasion, more than 9,000 hours of live coverage was made available to viewers.
To guarantee uninterrupted viewing, EUROVISION seeks to have multiple-protected, high capacity network services as part of its video contribution network. Interoute also provides video and audio signal distribution to a number of broadcasters on behalf of EUROVISION, and supports the EBU’s intercity high capacity core network. A team of dedicated Interoute engineers support the facilities 24 hours a day
Emad Ghanipour, Country Manager Switzerland, comments: “Interoute’s advanced high capacity optical network directly connects 30 countries. Combined with our team of expert engineers and service managers, it helps support EUROVISION achieve flawless transmission.”
EUROVISION Network Director Graham Warren adds: “The nature of sports and music events, as well as real time news, means that we have to provide a continuous service to global viewers, who tune in to these events via our Membership. Interoute is responsive to our needs and has experience in dealing with major sporting events. Combined with its network, Interoute is an ideal partner.”
About EUROVISION
EUROVISION, operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is the industry’s premier distributor and producer of top quality live sport and news, as well as entertainment, culture and music content. The EUROVISION satellite and fibre network is the largest and most reliable in the world directly plugged in to public service media everywhere. EUROVISION’s staff of experienced media professionals acquire and manage media rights on behalf of EBU Members, and provide network, transmission and events services to the broadcasting industry.www.eurovision.com and www.ebu.ch @EBU_Eurovision #ebu #eurovision
About Interoute
Interoute is the owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, which encompasses over 60,000 km of lit fibre, 9 hosting data centres and 32 collocation centres, with connections to 140 additional third-party data centres across Europe. Its full-service Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises, as well as every major European telecommunications incumbent and the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments and universities. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for computing, connectivity and communications and developing new services. Its Unified ICT strategy has proved attractive to enterprises looking for a scalable, secure and unconstrained platform on which they can build their voice, video, computing and data services, as well as service providers in need of high capacity international data transit and infrastructure. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe’s major business centres. www.interoute.ch
