SIS Live 'Zoom' Into Games In HD

One of Europe's largest outside broadcast and uplink companies, SIS Live, has awarded a key and exclusive contract for broadcast services, including technical equipment and diversified Production & Coverage services for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, to South East Asia's largest broadcast services company, Zoom Communications Ltd.
SIS won the prestigious contract to provide the services, under the Host Broadcaster Assignment for the XIX Commonwealth Games being held in New Delhi from 3-14 October 2010.
It is contracted to provide the production in High Definition to cover the Games, the first time the event will be produced and transmitted in HD. The multi-million dollar contract involves up to 40 Production Areas and OB kits of various sizes, over 350 HD camera channels, 100 HD long lenses, 115 EVS hard disk recorders, as well as a wide range of specialist production and camera equipment.
SIS Live will utilise over 1,200 highly skilled technicians, production crew and support staff drawn from across the world during Games time.
Under the terms of the deal with Zoom Communications Ltd. the Indian company will provide the majority of the HD equipment and, in addition, SIS will build two new fully featured HD OB units as Fly packs to be sent to the Games, alongside at least 80 of its own HD cameras plus other production equipment.
David Meynell, Managing Director, SIS Live, said: "SIS Live and Zoom Communications Ltd. have been working closely together for over two years and have developed a very good relationship based on mutual trust and understanding. We have absolute confidence that Zoom's technical expertise and production resources, combined with SIS experience, will produce the best ever coverage of the Commonwealth Games.
(BMcC/GK)