 8.12.08 BGAN at Work - Bringing you Up-To-Date Broadcast Communications from the Beijing Olympics . . . Like the journalists in Beijing, YOUR broadcast organization too can benefit from the features and reliability of Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) airtime system combined with several Thrane&Thrane satellite communications equipment; available at Mackay Communications. www.inmarsat.com article: “BGAN helps relay spectacle of Beijing Olympics . . . 12-08-2008 - The thrill and spectacle of the Olympics Games, now under way in Beijing, are being shared with TV and radio audiences worldwide in greater depth and detail than ever before - with the help of Inmarsat BGAN. Many international media organisations covering the 29th Olympiad have been equipped with mobile BGAN terminals to enable them to broadcast video and audio from any location, as well as access the Internet, send email and make international phone calls. Airtime and Equipment This is the first time that broadband mobile satcoms have been used at the Olympics, thanks to airtime and equipment supplied by Inmarsat's Beijing-based partner MCN. BGAN is helping journalists follow the fortunes of the 10,000 athletes from 205 nations competing at sporting venues all over China, from Beijing, Qingdao, Hong Kong and Tianjin, to Shanghai, Shenyang and Quinhuangduo. Inmarsat BGAN terminals are part of the equipment being used at the sophisticated media centres set up at each venue especially for the Games.” |
