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CANAL9 on air with GigaContent

20. July, 2009

Denmark's new big sports TV channel CANAL9 is in on the air, and again GigaContent is providing the solutions: CANAL9 will from the start use GigaContents leading and unique GigaBroadcast solution to provide Danish football fans with a large selection of games from the Danish premier league - the SAS Liga.

- We are very pleased to have CANAL9 as a new customer. The new agreement shows that GigaContent already has become an indispensable part of the technical core of Danish broadcast media. And it is a confirmation that all quality and cost-conscious broadcasters prefer a solution from GigaContent, says VP of sales and marketing for GigaContent, Jan de Blanck.

CANAL9's GigaBroadcast solution connects CANAL9's headquarters and main production facility to a range of football stadiums across the country via GigaContents super fast and fibre-based connections at a bandwidth of 1G bit. On a 1G bit connection one SD signal and one lightly compressed HD signal are transmitted to and from the stadiums. The connections also include intercom and surround-sound audio in the Dolby 5.1 format.

CANAL9 can be vieved on Canal Digitals network and a number of other providers of television channels. For more on CANAL9 have a look at the new channel's website here.

For more about GigaBroadcast read this.