…by French and international media to assure live coverage of the French presidential elections on Sunday, April 22nd, and may 6, 2012. Over 400 hours of capacity has so far been booked on EUTELSAT 12 West A, EUTELSAT 8 West A, EUTELSAT 7A and EUTELSAT 5 West A in order to transmit live coverage from major sites across France including voting booths, the HQs of the country’s political parties and the Elysée Palace.
Resources leased on Eutelsat satellites will meet significant broadcaster requirements by France Télévision Group, and Globe Cast France and Arqiva France operators, which secure capacity for their own TV channel customers. Eutelsat’s Booking Centre coordinates the allocation of occasional satellite capacity from minimum periods of 10 minutes for SNGs up to several days for the coverage of sporting events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup. In addition to these Ku-band services, and following the roll-out of the KA-SAT satellite, Eutelsat has launched a new SNG solution dubbed NewsSpotter that enables the use of Ka-band terminals that can be carried in a back-pack for Fly-away use or fitted onto a small car.
