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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will use Eutelsat capacity ...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will use Eutelsat capacity to transmit the Athens Olympic Games this summer, EBU said. EBU will use the capacity starting Aug. 2 for testing, then from Aug. 11-29 for preliminary games, the opening ceremony…

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and all Olympic events, the EBU said. The new agreement -- terms not announced -- includes 4 wideband transponders total for 306 MHz of Ku-band capacity on the Atlantic Bird 3, e-Bird and W3A satellites. EBU will also use the capacity Sept. 17-28 for the Paralympic Games in Athens, it said. EBU will provide private direct point-to- point circuits from its teleport to the temporary hq of different TV channels in Athens, in addition to 800 hours of live event coverage, EBU said.