Hero Productions will supply the European Broadcasting Union with transponder time during the World Cup soccer tournament this summer. (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1994 by McConnell, Chris

Hero Productions will supply the European Broadcasting Union with transponder time during the World Cup soccer tournament this summer. Hero, a Miami-based international teleport and production facility, holds long-term leases on four satellites. The EBU will use Hero's transponder on the Intelsat 329 satellite.

U.S. broadcasters will integrate the EBU feeds with additional coverage such as pregame and halftime programing. World Cup USA '94 runs June 17-July 17 and includes 52 matches in nine cities. Hero expects the final match to reach nearly 2 billion viewers.