GlobeCast, a global provider of satellite broadcast and content management services which is also based in South Africa, announced last week that it will supply France Télévisions and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with satellite coverage of the 2006 Tour de France. GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, will deploy up to nine SNGs and mobile microwave units at each stage of the race supported by 30 technical professionals from 1 – 23 July 2006.
Footage shot via motorcycle and helicopter by SFP (Société Française de Production) will be transmitted over Telecom 2C back to France Télévisions’ production trucks at the finish line via GlobeCast mobile units stationed at various points along the course. In all, GlobeCast’s solution will support up to 20 simultaneous video signals for complete live coverage. GlobeCast will also distribute EBU’s international rights holder feed via satellite.
