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Global Crossing Supplies Eurovision Hook Up to Brazil for Beijing 2008
Olympics
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Global Crossing, an IP solutions provider, announced it will provide a
link between Rio de Janeiro and New York for Eurovision, the sports and
news content distributor for broadcast and media platforms, during the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
"Eurovision has over 50 years of experience in putting sports
programming exactly where broadcasters and federations want it, in a
seamless, reliable and cost-effective way," said Stefan Kuerten,
director of Eurovision operations. "We're delighted to work with Global
Crossing for this vital SDH leg in our worldwide video network. Global
Crossing delivers highly reliable and secure services, which are
critical for our operations."
Global Crossing said its Private Line services provide highly
point-to-point, digital connectivity, for a wide range of applications
used by enterprise customers, including hosting, resource planning,
business continuity, content distribution and disaster recovery.
"This agreement with Eurovision illustrates our ability to meet the
exacting demands of the corporate market in Brazil and worldwide," said
Marcos Malfatti, Global Crossing's senior vice president of sales in
Brazil. "Our success is based on our commitment to understanding the
needs of our customers and to becoming a key business partner to them."
Global Crossing Private Line services also support high-bandwidth
operations such as large data transfers, medical imaging, record
archiving, database sharing and replication, and remote office access
to application servers. The services' capacities range from T1/E1 up to
OC-48/STM-16.
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