TV5MONDE Rides the Intelsat Globalized Network for Le Tour du Monde de la Francophonie Broadcast
September 20 2017 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Intelsat to provide seven satellites to enable the upcoming
television special, spanning five continents, 23 destinations and
multiple time zones
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first
Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite
communications and TV5MONDE, the France-based international
television network, are partnering to broadcast Le Tour du Monde de
la Francophonie [The Grand Tour of the World of Francophonie] on
Sept. 21. The live, 24-hour television broadcast will feature
interviews with French culture experts from five different
continents, in 14 subtitled languages and multiple time zones,
reaching approximately 318 million television households around the
world.
The tour broadcast requires a complex global network
infrastructure to support the contribution of live interviews from
23 different countries, 13 of which will be backhauled to the
TV5MONDE broadcast center in Paris using seven Intelsat satellites:
Galaxy 28, Intelsat 19, Intelsat 20, Intelsat 901, Intelsat 905,
Intelsat 906 and Intelsat 33e. TV5MONDE will also use the
IntelsatOne® network which includes IntelsatOne teleports and the
IntelsatOne MPLS fiber network to complement the Intelsat
satellites.
“Le Tour du Monde de la Francophonie requires an exceptional
technical mechanism to bring in real-time interviews from different
parts of the world to our millions of viewers,” said Yves Bigot,
TV5MONDE CEO. “Effectively reaching a broad audience over 24 hours
in multiple subtitled languages and time zones is not an easy task,
and we are delighted to have a partner like Intelsat to help us
flawlessly execute our plan. Intelsat’s global footprint and
expertise in video contributions makes them the right partner to
help achieve our goal to reach, educate and celebrate the vibrancy
of French culture around the world.”
“To effectively fulfill TV5MONDE’s vision to create and
broadcast an event honoring French culture to audiences worldwide
requires a flexible and reliable network infrastructure that has
been tested and proven to reach global audiences,” said Rhys
Morgan, Intelsat’s Managing Director, Europe Sales. “The Le Tour du
Monde de la Francophonie live broadcast will be a great
demonstration of the depth and breadth of Intelsat’s globalized
network and the outstanding media contribution services that are
hosted on our global fleet.”
Supporting Resources:
- Intelsat Media Services:
http://www.intelsat.com/solutions/media
- Intelsat Satellite Coverage Map:
http://www.intelsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/7903-TV5Monde_Diagram_wLogo.png
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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