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  • Leveraging satellite services to broadcast large scale sporting events

    Leveraging satellite services to broadcast large scale sporting events

    Satellite has played a fundamental role in sports broadcasting for over 50 years, bringing historic events into homes across the globe. Nowadays, PSSI Global Services, renowned experts in engineered transmission solutions, and Eutelsat are setting new standards for world-class services in this sector.

  • Maximising Audience Reach with Hybrid Satellite OTT Solutions

    Maximising Audience Reach with Hybrid Satellite OTT Solutions

    OTT solutions are widely being promoted as the future of broadcasting, however, as audiences demand greater image definition, can they deliver the content in optimum quality? Markus Fritz, Eutelsat's EVP of Commercial Development and Strategic Partnerships, explains how hybrid satellite and OTT solutions can help broadcasters optimise their services.

  • Tour de France 2017 © ASO/Pauline BALLET

    Delivering major sporting events to screens around the world

    The Tour de France is the third most-watched sports event in the world. As with all major sports events, broadcasters need to deliver to their audiences rapidly, often from difficult-to-reach environments and for very specific time periods. Eutelsat’s Sales and Reservation Centre and Occasional Use manager, Christelle Preioni, explains how the team helps deliver coverage of this and other events.

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    Sport propels growing popularity of Ultra HD

    From 8 to 11 June, the final matches of the Roland-Garros French Open are being broadcast live and in Ultra HD via FRANSAT, Eutelsat’s free-to-view platform for French TV homes. This new initiative highlights the Ultra HD momentum set by sport and the key role satellites are playing in the emergence of a spectacular viewing format.

  • Eutelsat Video Industry Survey: Ultra HD Focus

    Eutelsat Video Industry Survey: Ultra HD Focus

    Eutelsat’s latest Industry Survey focuses on Ultra HD, with an in-depth, across the board look at how key players see this innovative broadcasting format evolving. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s Head of Market Research & Customer Experience, discusses the report.