A TRUE RUSH FOR ARQIVA

Arqiva has announced that it has been selected by VOOM HD Networks to provide fibre connectivity and uplinking of RUSH HD. This is VOOM’s 24/7 high-definition channel devoted to extreme sports and adrenaline action. On April 7th, the channel was launched onto BSkyB’s (Sky) digital satellite platform, the United Kingdom’s most popular digital pay-television service. RUSH HD is a 24/7 HD channel, delivered in 1080i high-definition format with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. The programming includes adrenaline-packed competitions featuring some of the world’s best athletes across a wide range of sports and one-of-a-kind expeditions into remote, uncharted territories. The signal for the 15Mb MPEG-4 1080i format HD channel is sent by fibre from Rainbow Network Communications Broadcasting & Technology Center in New York to Arqiva’s teleport facilities in Chalfont Grove, UK, where the feed is multiplexed and uplinked onto Arqiva’s Eurobird satellite capacity for broadcast on the Sky platform, marking the second VOOM brand to see international distribution. There are additional plans for the channel’s further expansion throughout Europe.