Telecom Lead America: Wireless major AT&T will
provide managed networking services for NBC Olympics, a unit of NBC Sports
Group, during its coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games from London,
England, during 27 July to 12 August, 2012.
AT&T said NBC’s Olympics division will leverage a
managed private networking solution from AT&T to help deliver HD broadcast
coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
AT&T’s networking solution will create a connection
between NBC’s Olympics division’s space in the International Broadcast Center
(IBC) production facilities at the London Olympics and NBC’s Olympics
division’s facilities in the U.S.
“The 2012 London Olympic Games coverage in the U.S.
includes large bandwidth volumes that will be used to support NBC’s Olympics
division’s multi-platform approach so viewers in America can more easily engage
with the Olympics excitement,” said Joe Lueckenhoff, senior vice
president, AT&T Business and Home Solutions.
Since the Atlanta Games in 1996, AT&T has
continuously provided network bandwidth to help the NBC Olympics division
transmit coverage of the Games in the United States.
“To bring our coverage of the 2012 London Olympic
Games home to the American audience we need a company with proven network
reliability and service excellence. That’s why we chose AT&T,”
said Bob Kiraly, director, Broadcast and Telecommunications Operations, NBC
Olympics.
As part of preparing for the 2012 London Olympic Games,
AT&T and NBC’s Olympics division worked collaboratively on planning and
testing to support reliable execution. AT&T arranged diverse, always-on network
circuits with back-up features and multiple transfer paths to help facilitate
coverage.
AT&T will have dedicated &T teams providing
support on-site in London, at NBC’s Olympics division’s headquarters in New
York and in AT&T’s support centers, network performance is constantly
monitored and managed to help ensure 24/7 transmission of London Olympics
coverage.
