Working in collaboration with Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) selected the AsiaSat 5 prime occasional use (OU) platform for live coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games for the Asia-Pacific region.
During coverage of the event, which took place from July 28 to August 8, the ABU Sports team on the ground managed the production of live broadcast signals at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Birmingham, UK.
TBS’s expert broadcast solutions team handled the turnaround and uplinking of live transmission for four international HD feeds at Telstra’s teleport in Hong Kong to AsiaSat 5 and distribution to rights-holding broadcasters in the region.
Cai Yanjiang, Director, ABU Sports, said, “This edition of the Commonwealth Games production and broadcast is a continued success after the Gold Coast and Glasgow events, in terms of the quality service to ABU broadcast members through the combined efforts of the ABU team and our long-term partners AsiaSat and TBS.
“The ABU team have again enjoyed consistent support from them, which is the key to another safe and smooth delivery of these inspiring games to the ABU broadcasters and audiences in various countries.
“We look forward to working with them again in future events.”
With AsiaSat 5’s extensive C-band coverage and penetration, Asian broadcasters could connect their audiences on multiple platforms with event highlights of their own athletes participating in the various games.