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TELEGLOBE: Teleglobe launches first broadcast-quality commercial
video transmission over ATM
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 1998-TELEGLOBE: Teleglobe launches first broadcast-quality commercial video transmission
over ATM (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
* Primary route between London and New York
-- Leading broadcasters will take advantage of Teleglobe's industry first
ABC, CBS, Fuji-TV and NHK will take advantage of Teleglobe's new Millennium broadcast service, the industry's first
broadcast-quality video link using the latest in digital compression technology and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode
high-speed protocol.
Millennium is a technological breakthrough that sends video formatted in the MPEG-2 4:2:2 standard for high definition and
digital TV (HDTV, DTV) over a bandwidth-efficient ATM backbone. The new service now enables broadcasters to transport
multiple, high-quality channels on the same amount of bandwidth currently required by a single channel in analogue mode. The
primary route is between New York and London, with service also available in Montreal and Vancouver.
Available immediately, Millennium offers unprecedented quality, superior network security and higher clarity than satellite
broadcast transmission - all at a significant cost savings over currently available analogue technology. Millennium's ATM
transport provides nearly unlimited bandwidth and channelisation options compared to existing analogue routes. Unlike
standard broadcast transmissions that can be intercepted from satellite transmission for unauthorised use, Millennium sends
digitised pictures in ATM cells over terrestrial and undersea facilities.
Ranked as the third largest owner of capacity in submarine cable systems world-wide, Teleglobe is uniquely able to offer
broadcasters massive fibre-optic capacity for either full time or occasional use - such as for coverage of a global crisis or
major sporting events. The service can also be used to support the export and import of full-time entertainment programming.
"Teleglobe's Millennium service is setting the new standard for broadcast transmission, said Paolo Guidi, president and CEO
for Teleglobe Global Telecom Services. "Offering MPEG-2 4:2:2 video over ATM not only raises the technology bar, it also
enables us to offer highest quality, lower cost transmission, with the rapid turnaround demanded by the fast-paced news,
entertainment and sports broadcast environment. Millennium also gives broadcasters the ability to set their own quality levels,
rather than be limited to those mandated by carriers."
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK, was the first broadcaster to use the Millennium service. NHK broadcast the
Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in late November 1997, at an unprecedented 15 Mpbs studio quality from
Vancouver via their New York bureau to their full-time network, for reception in Tokyo.
"The Teleglobe compressed video fibre circuit was used as NHK's primary route for APEC," said Ichiro Kawashima, director
of satellites and circuits, general bureau of America for NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. "Especially during the
Japanese Prime minister's live press conference, the NHK circuit showed superior performance. Teleglobe's Millennium
service during APEC was perfect."
Major broadcast customers will link with Teleglobe's network via Teleglobe's Millennium International Television Access
Centres (ITACs). The New York ITAC is located at Waterfront Communications, the dominant video switching hub in New
York City. The London ITAC is located at Tele-Cine, which provides video production and transmission facilities that
connect to the BT Tower in London. Millennium ITACs are also located in Montreal and Vancouver. An additional centre in
Los Angeles will provide a link for Hollywood to Teleglobe's Millennium service. Other planned sites include Paris, Frankfurt,
Miami and Washington, D.C.
Teleglobe provides a full range of international broadcast transmission services on a full-time, events services and occasional
use basis. It is a leading international carrier for broadcasting organisations around the globe, including all four major U.S.
broadcast networks, cable television and direct-to-home networks, and others in the United Kingdom, Canada, France,
Australia and New Zealand.
Its broadcast services employ the latest technology, such as digital compression and upgraded earth stations. Teleglobe
broadcast services are supported by three North American teleports that link with INTELSAT, PANAMSAT, Orion,
Telecom 2A and all U.S. and Canadian satellite systems. Teleglobe is a signatory to INTELSAT in North America and an
INTELSAT direct access customer in the United Kingdom. Addtionally, its transatlantic broadcast services leverage the
massive capacity of Globesystem Atlantic, a high-speed fibre optic submarine cable between North American and Europe -
the first intercontinental cable system based on synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) technology-capable of carrying 300,000
simultaneous calls.
Teleglobe Global Telecom Services Group is the global carrier unit of Teleglobe Inc., recognised as a world leader in the
global intercontinental telecommunications industry. The Teleglobe network includes submarine cable and satellite facilities
linking North America with over 240 countries and territories, meeting the global connectivity needs of established and
emerging carriers from around the world, as well as those of Internet Service Providers, multinational corporations and
broadcasters. Teleglobe Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE), the Montreal Exchange, the Toronto Stock
Exchange and the Vancouver Stock Exchange under the symbol "TGO."
CONTACT: John Murray, Teleglobe Corporate Communications Tel: +1 703-821-4857 Edward Bridges/Claire Barry,
Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0)171-831-3113
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