Live from Athens.(Cutting Edge; NBC Olympics to use digital video transmission equipment in coverage of 2004 Olympic Games)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2004 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

NBC Olympics will use digital video transmission equipment from Scopus Network Technologies for its 24-hour, continuous coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games from Athens Aug. 13-29. NBC will transmit the signals from the International Broadcast Center (IBC) to various sites in the U.S. for broadcast via NBC networks, including the first Spanish-language U.S.

broadcast of the Olympics, on Telemundo. Scopus E-1100 MPEG2 DVB encoders, installed at the IBC, will transmit around-the-clock coverage of the games on six channels via satellite and fiber-optic cable to Scopus IRD-2800 integrated receiver decoders (IRDs). Scopus also will support NBC's local video-content creation in Athens by equipping two digital satellite newsgathering trucks with MPEG-2 encoders.