Supporting the Live Broadcast of the 2014 Asian Games

Globecast Selects ATEME for Best-in-Class, Reliable Turnkey Platform to Relay Coverage of Major Sporting Event to Hong Kong

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Sep 18, 2014, 01:57 ET

PARIS, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of the 2014 Asian Games being broadcast from Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, 2014, ATEME announced today that it has again been selected by Globecast to deliver a turnkey video head end platform to provide live content to Hong Kong cable operator iCable. ATEME was chosen for its technical expertise, affordable turnkey solution and on-the-ground support.

Leading global content delivery service selects ATEME – Globecast, a subsidiary of France Telecom/Orange, broadcasts content from the biggest news and sporting events each year. It looked to ATEME to provide a turnkey solution for a temporary platform that it will use to broadcast content for the duration of the games. Globecast will rely on ATEME's operations center in Seoul, Korea to provide support throughout the event, after which the platform will be transferred to its Singapore location to be re-deployed for other projects.
Solution delivers content to iCable – Globecast customer iCable, the second largest Pay TV service provider in Hong Kong, holds the rights for the delivery of premium sporting events such as the London Olympics, the English Premier league and now the 2014 Asian Games. The cable operator will provide extensive coverage of the Games to more than one million subscribers.
Best-in-class, reliable turnkey solution includes:
- Kyrion AM2102 encoder – Delivers SD and HD channels, provides a large operating scale from 0.5 to 35 Mbps to allow bouquet aggregators, broadcasters and video service operators to save bandwidth and reach audiences with a revolutionized picture quality. For more information visit: http://ateme.com/en/products/Distribution-Encoders/AM2102
- Kyrion DR5000 decoder – Hardware integrated receiver decoder dedicated to professional contribution over satellite and IP/ASI networks. It is designed to handle all MPEG flavors with up to 128 presets, allowing the operation room to receive any professional video feed. Visit http://ateme.com/en/products/Integrated-Receiver-Decoders/dr5000 to learn more.
- MC3100 Multiplexer – The simplest, most powerful modular DTV solution for operators with digital service over satellite, cable and terrestrial networks. http://ateme.com/en/products/video-multiplexer/video-multiplexer-mc-3100
- DataMiner, Network Management Solution – The leading multi-vendor network management solution for IPTV, satellite, broadcast and cable. http://ateme.com/en/products/Network-Management/nms

David Gerbaulet, project manager, Globecast, said:
"Building a turn-key solution to support our partners in the broadcast of this high-profile event required extensive experience and equipment with advanced features. Our work with ATEME during previous high-profile events, its technical expertise and reliable technical support provided us with an advantage over our competition and allows us to deliver the high-quality broadcasts our customers rely upon."

About ATEME:
ATEME is a world leading provider of HEVC, MPEG-4 / H.264 and MPEG-2 bandwidth efficient compression technology. ATEME encoding solutions are deployed widely for broadcast contribution links, distribution, multi-screen live streaming, OTT and VOD applications. More information is available at www.ateme.com.

About Globecast:
Globecast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, is the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. The company operates a secure global satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and other rich media each year, providing ingest, aggregation, transmission and repurposing of content for delivery to direct-to-home satellite platforms; cable, IPTV, mobile and broadband headends; as well as corporate and digital signage networks. To learn more visit www.globecast.com

ATEME Press Contacts:
Dorota Bouskela	ATEME Corporate Marketing	T: +33 169-358-988	E: [email protected]
Kim Dearborn	Nadel Phelan, Inc.	T: +1-831-440-2407	E: [email protected]