Olympics - It's all about the view Feb 09 2012
Pinnacle will supply BBC International and its world media partners with the resilient fibre connections; microwave back-up links, analogue and ISDN connectivity and voice services, enabling worldwide broadcast coverage of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The BBC will offer international broadcasters from around the world the Stratford Broadcast Tower; a 22-storey building situated at the edge of the Olympic Park with commanding views overlooking the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre and the Orbit Tower.
Pinnacle will also supply IP telephone switchboards, telephone handsets and data connections to Stratford Broadcast Tower's offices, studios and production crews for the world's media.
Typical view from one of the studios in the tower, showing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre and the Orbit Tower - all iconic locations for the London 2012 Games to help you convey the drama and excitement of this great event.
The BBC will be using the Stratford Broadcast Tower as a major presentation anchor point for its own broadcasts and will offer other broadcasters this excellent vantage point from which to cover the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will become a prime broadcasting centre for the games for rights holders and non-rights holders alike.
London 2012 Olympic Games Shedule
20th July Start of international broadcaster tenancy
25th July Games start (football, outside London)
27th July Opening ceremony
28th July – 12th August Games
14th August Tenancy ends
“Between the games”
15th -22nd August Inter-Games period: tenancy may be maintained
London 2012 Paralympic Games
22nd -29th August Paralympics rig
29th August – 9th September Paralympics
12th September End of Paralympics tenancy
Commenting on the agreement Jamie Hindhaugh, BBC Head of Production 2012 said, "Pinnacle Telecom Group plc have been supplying the BBC with short-term data connectivity and telecoms solutions for some time now, the services that Pinnacle will provide at The Stratford Broadcast Tower will enable each international broadcaster to have their own data, telecoms and switchboard services for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games."
Alan Bonner, CEO of Pinnacle Telecom Group plc said, "We have been negotiating this unique opportunity for a long time and are therefore delighted to announce that Pinnacle will provide data, voice and connectivity services for the BBC and its worldwide international broadcasting partners at the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Through our agreement with Atos, our interconnect agreements with CMC and other international data carriers, Pinnacle will enable the BBC and its International broadcast partners at the London Olympics Stratford Broadcast Tower, to have direct point-to-point fibre connections to most capital cities around the world. Pinnacle will deliver the transmission of Olympic and Paralympic Games broadcast images and sound, direct to the broadcaster's own country for editing and re-transmission around the world.
In the last two years, Pinnacle has continually proven its capability by the successful delivery of voice and data networks for many of the BBC's high profile events, these include the 2010 UK General Election, the Pope's UK visit and last year's Royal Wedding. However, with an expected global television audience in excess of 4 billion viewers, the Olympic and Paralympic Games is by far Pinnacle's biggest single event to date and further demonstrates our capability to handle larger and more complex projects."