No satellites, No world audience

Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 | 06:30 - 06:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CEST

Replay: Sat, Jun 28, 2014 | 10:30 - 10:45 GMT | 12:30 - 12:45 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Live from Brazil! Only a few seconds behind the real action.. Thanks to communication satellites thousands of kilometres above our heads, we all get a VIP seat in the World Cup!

When you watch a World Cup match in Brazil, you’re watching the players live thanks to some amazing space technology. 

"No matter what the technology that is used at the homes to receive the television, satellites are being used," underlines Xavier Lobao, Head of Future Telecommunications Projects at ESA.

Indeed without satellites there would be no world audience.

This video explains how the images of the football stadiums in Brazil come to every home around the globe equipped with a TV set or a connected screen.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2014/06/No_satellites_no_world_audience

Script:
EbS97076.doc

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.