Intelsat and Level 3 Communications will launch a new video delivery network to serve North American broadcast customers. The new Intelsat-operated network, scheduled for launch in the beginning of 2004, will be deployed using Level 3’s fiber network and collocation facilities. It will initially consist of PoPs located in many of the largest U.S. media centers, such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Denver and San Francisco, with fiber interconnects into additional North American locations. TANDBERG TV is supplying its 3rd Generation MPEG-2 equipment.
Intelsat said its new network will complement its global satellite fleet, existing terrestrial network and recently announced occasional use television partnership with Television New Zealand (TVNZ). Through a connection to one of the new Intelsat Video PoPs on the Level 3 network, broadcasters located in many of the top media centers in North America will now be able to transmit high-quality video content to/from other cities in North America, as well global locations, via the Intelsat network.
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