PBLSat Serves Up Wimbledon

PBLSat, specialists in Occasional Use satellite services, have successfully delivered transmission services throughout this year’s Wimbledon Championships for four of their international clients. PBLSat operated four Ku-band flyaways based at Wimbledon and the company was also responsible for the international satellite and fiber delivery for IMG Media, Sky Italia, NTV Russia as well as a major US broadcaster. For IMG Media, PBLSat provided their European HD transmission service in addition to 27MHz of its own leased capacity on the Atlantic Bird 1 satellite. The Ku-band flyaway used DVBS2 technology to ensure the highest possible quality was achieved within the 27MHz of satellite capacity. NTV-PLUS Russia selected PBLSat to provide an HD uplink and satellite capacity for the duration of the event, and the company provided a Ku-band flyaway and satellite capacity on Intelsat IS-12. Sky Italia required a permanent lease for the event, with the capacity obtained on the Eutelsat W2. Working in SD, PBLSat provided uplink facilities and 9MHz satellite capacity. PBLSat provided its US client with an HD fiber lease from location through to New York using 20Mbts of PBLSat’s dedicated fiber between London and the U.S. as well as provided an 18MHz satellite redundant path for the final two days of Wimbledon using satellite capacity on Telstar 12.