SIS LIVE… Game On! (SatBroadcasting™)

SIS LIVE, Europe’s largest outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, plans to deliver the production coverage of the XIX Commonwealth Games being held in New Delhi from October 3 thru 14, 2010. SIS LIVE is contracted to provide the Production and Coverage Facilities and Services for the Games.

SIS LIVE and ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS LTD are providing coverage of 17 sports events across 12 competition venues, as well as the Opening and Closing ceremonies. In addition, SIS LIVE will provide feeds from five “Beauty Spots”, offering 24-7 coverage of scenic views around Delhi, including one highlighting the main stadium. SIS LIVE is contracted to provide the HD coverage of the Games, which will be delivered in its entirety at 16:9 1080/50i HD. Earlier this month, SIS LIVE awarded a key and exclusive contract for Broadcast Services, including technical equipment and diversified Production and Coverage services for the Games, to South East Asia’s largest Broadcast Services company, ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS LTD.

SIS LIVE and ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS LTD will be providing a huge amount of HD equipment, including as many as 40 Production Areas and OB kits of various sizes, more than 350 HD camera channels, 100 HD long lenses, 115 EVS hard disk recorders, as well as a wide range of specialist production and camera equipment. SIS LIVE will use more than 1,200 highly skilled technicians, production crew and support staff drawn from across the world during the Games. With ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS LTD providing the majority of the HD equipment, SIS LIVE is building two new fully-featured HD OB units as Fly-packs to be sent to the Games, alongside at least 80 of its own HD cameras, plus other production equipment. SIS LIVE, has the largest satellite uplink fleet in Europe and is the largest outside broadcast provider in the UK. It offers a complete broadcasting solution from onsite outside broadcast facilities through to global distribution and IP provision. The company covers 100,000 hours of live events worldwide each year, including Formula One, The Wimbledon Championships, UEFA Champions League football and European Tour Golf, and delivers approximately 80 percent of live news feeds across the UK.