Intelsat Carries Live Broadcasts of 100th Le Tour de France.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003 Millions of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. viewers are enjoying almost three hours of live daily coverage of this year's centennial Le Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and via Intelsat's video network. The Outdoor Life Television Network (OLN OLN Outdoor Life Network (TV channel) OLN Oracle Learning Network OLN Olin Corporation OLN Operator License Number OLN on Line Network OLN Office for Library and Information Networking ), the rights holder for Le Tour de France, began broadcast of the event at its 4 July onset, and will continue to transmit coverage using Intelsat until the completion of the race on 27 July. Using mounted motorcycle cameras and a transportable SNG SNG abbr. 1. substitute natural gas 2. synthetic natural gas (mobile satellite uplink) contracted from Kingston inmedia to follow the riders in France, Intelsat is Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb "The early bird catches the worm") was the first (commercial) communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965. providing and managing the entire transmission of the race content live from the antenna to its satellite located at 335 degrees E, and backhauling it to the Outdoor Life Network's studios in the U.S. for broadcast. "For the OLN to successfully provide live daily coverage we needed an operator with a reputation for offering the best transmissions, easy booking and high quality customer service," said Peter Sumpf, OLN Vice President of Network Operations. "The OLN is committed to providing our viewers with the most engaging and exciting live coverage of Le Tour de France, and we needed a provider whose high-quality transmissions would add value to our broadcast." "Providing live coverage of a huge sporting event like Le Tour de France, especially in its 100th year, certainly validates our worldwide reputation for being a well trusted, respected and reliable distributor of content," said Jon Romm, President, Intelsat Media & Entertainment Business Unit. "We have decades of experience doing this, having transmitted every Olympics since 1968, and know that OLN's trust in our capabilities is why they came directly to Intelsat." Mike Walsh Mike Walsh is a common name that could refer to:
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