[Satellite Today 08-22-08] Intelsat is currently offering transmission support of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to Latin America, the company announced.
    The provider will deliver more than 12,000 hours of live coverage and recorded highlights to the region. Participating programmers include Globosat Programadora, ESPN, Organizacion de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas, Terra Networks Brasil SA and Televisa S.A. de C.V.
    Live programming originating from the international broadcasting center in Beijing is being uplinked to Intelsat’s IS-8 satellite located at 166° East. Intelsat’s Napa, California teleport facility then downlinks the programming content. From there, the content travels via Intelsat’s fiber network to Intelsat’s Atlanta, Georgia, teleport where it is uplinked to Intelsat’s satellites for distribution throughout the region.
    Intelsat also is managing the encoding, compression, multiplexing and conditional access from China. The provider said they are also managing the reception of satellite newsgathering contribution feeds for Globosat, and the network program return from Brazil for ESPN.