GlobeCast was contracted to deliver 10 hours of satellite transmissions and five hours via microwave for France Télévisions. GlobeCast will station 21 mobile units at intermediate points on the course and a digital microwave transmission truck to broadcast coverage of the arrival at each stage of the race. Footage from helicopters and motorcycles will be received at the finish line from Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 1, Atlantic Bird 2 and Atlantic Bird 3 satellites.

   “The infrastructure put in place by GlobeCast allows us to broadcast up to 27 simultaneous video feeds to the hub truck used to offer coverage of the race in its entirety. Beyond the sheer technical performance, the implementation of this operation is the result of close collaboration between teams from GlobeCast, outside broadcast production company SFP, and France Télévisions,” GlobeCast said in a company statement.