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From Multichannel News, 7/20/2009 2:00:00 AM EDTProgrammer Builds A Global Network for 2010 CoverageBy Glen Dickson (Broadcasting & Cable) --
ESPN is pulling out the stops for its on-site coverage of the 2010 World Cup. The global sports giant is expanding its private fiber-optic network to create the same level of connectivity with Johannesburg, South Africa, that it enjoys between its multiple U.S. studios.The programmer has already installed two-way fiber links between its Bristol, Conn., home base and its new L.A. Live facility in Los Angeles, as well as with ABC studios in New York and ESPNU/ESPN Regional TV in Charlotte, N.C. In 2010, it will use fiber to support two real-time video links from Johannesburg, one running to New York and the other to Los Angeles. (more)