Digital Opera From Arqiva Via Eutelsat AB3

Arqiva in Italy has successfully delivered live HD opera performances from Italy and Spain to cinema audiences across Europe. Working with DDCinema, a subsidiary of Genoa-based Qubo, Arqiva has already distributed three performances including “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” from La Fenice theatre in Venice, “L’Orfeo” from the Teatro Real de Madrid, and most recently “Samson and Delilah” from the “Teatro Comunale” in Bologna, Italy on June 6th, 2008. This performance was viewed by audiences in nearly 70 cinemas in Spain, France, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Arqiva’s Italy facility, based in Rome, provides HD SNG trucks which uplink the program feeds onto 27MHz bandwidth of its satellite capacity on Eutelsat AB3 (Atlantic Bird 3). Arqiva also provides HD technical support and assists with test transmissions. At least three further HD events will be distributed by Arqiva in 2008.