Intelsat Delivers Global Broadcast for Climate Reality Project
December 05 2016 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Intelsat’s Globalized Network provides contribution,
distribution services for 24-hour global streaming event hosted by
former U.S. Vice President Al Gore
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized
Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced today
that it is providing global network services for The Climate
Reality Project’s “24 Hours of Reality: The Road Forward.”
Intelsat’s contribution services will be used to gather video from
remote locations around the world for the program. Intelsat
resources will also be used for distribution during the duration of
the event, which will be streamed to millions of viewers around the
globe.
The live event, hosted by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore,
will begin at 6 p.m. EST on Dec. 5. Each hour will explore the
climate landscape in one of the 24 largest CO2-emitting countries
on Earth. The broadcast will feature interviews with thought
leaders, policymakers, scientists and experts as well as guest
appearances by marquee artists.
Intelsat is leveraging its Globalized Network, which includes
its global satellite network and IntelsatOne fiber and teleport
services. Intelsat will contribute video from multiple sites,
including Tokyo, Mexico City, Paris, and South Africa, supporting
the broadcasting of the event to more than 75 countries via
traditional platforms such as Sky Mexico in Latin America, IBA in
Israel and WION in Asia, as well as streaming of the event globally
via the website 24HoursofReality.org.
“The world has taken a tremendous step to address the climate
crisis with the Paris Agreement, and 24 Hours of Reality: The Road
Forward will be both a celebration of this achievement and a bold
call to action on solutions," said Ken Berlin, president & CEO
of The Climate Reality Project. “There is much more work to be done
in order to solve this crisis once and for all, and we are thrilled
that Intelsat will be supporting our broadcast to help bring the
message of climate action to audiences around the world."
“Intelsat has a lengthy history of broadcasting global events
that both capture the imagination and bring attention to important
issues, including the Olympics, the 1969 moon landing, Live Aid in
1984 and Live Earth in 2007,” said Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat’s
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “As the media sector
evolves to serve both traditional viewers and deliver entertainment
and information to viewers in new ways, our Globalized Network is
perfectly suited to manage the distribution of video from multiple
locations in multiple content formats to multiple platforms. We
look forward to supporting this event with our combination of the
latest in technology and our decades of broadcasting
expertise.”
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized
Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and
broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized
Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with
terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open,
interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and
reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of
organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat
to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video
broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility
services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows
us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and
transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit
www.intelsat.com.
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