TV GLOBO (Brazil) evaluates Net Insight's platform for transporting HDTV, video, data and voice signals

TV GLOBO, the largest TV Network in South America, has decided to evaluate Net Insight's Nimbra platform for transporting video and HDTV material, data and voice between locations in their TV network. The platform will be evaluated both over fiber optic links between two locations in Rio de Janeiro and over a public telecom connection between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The evaluation has been facilitated by Net Insight's new Brasilian agent, Sterling Do Brasil.

"We find Net Insight's platform to be very interesting for providing various video transport as well as data and voice transport in our TV network. We cover a large geographical area and therefore we need a transport system that can work both over fiber optic and public telecom infrastructures", says Nelson Faría Junior, Director of Production Engineering, TV GLOBO Network.

The evaluation of Net Insight's platform is for connecting production studios in TV GLOBO studio facilities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The transport requirements is for both video, HDTV material, data and voice between these locations.

"For Net Insight this is an exciting opportunity in the South American market. This will give us the privilege to work together with one of the more experienced TV networks and understand how they can benefit from our transport platform", says Tomas Duffy, CEO, Net Insight"

For more information, please contact:
Tomas Duffy, CEO, Net Insight AB.
Phone: +46 8 685 04 00, e-mail: tomas.duffy@netinsight.net
Nestor Almeida, Director, Sterling Do Brasil.
Phone: +55 21 2622 1536, e-mail: nestor@unisys.com.br