Sky News Uses Genesis Networks for Turnkey Solution in Parts of Transatlantic Live HD Inauguration Coverage

News Channel Debuts Live HD Coverage with US Presidential Inauguration

NEW YORK — Sky News, a dominant news source in the United Kingdom, chose the Genesis Networks global fiber infrastructure as a provider to deliver parts of its high definition debut with live broadcast coverage of the United States Presidential Inauguration to Sky News Centre in Osterley from the United States.

As part of the Sky News’ coverage, Genesis Networks provided a quality managed solution using three protected and diverse HD fiber paths, allowing Sky News to cover a monumental event with unprecedented depth.  In addition to live video, fully protected data paths were provided to seamlessly support communications and corporate LAN as part of the solution.  The service provided by Genesis Networks included local digital access and trans-Atlantic long haul circuit connectivity, in addition to the monitoring and complete management of the feeds with on-site engineering support and high definition video transmission hardware. 

“Genesis Networks was able to prove that HD over MPLS Fibre works and provides greater benefits with the addition of including RTS talkback and corporate data connectivity to give a complete end to end package,” said Lew Dias, Sky News Bureau Technical Operations Manager.  “Broadcasters in the UK traditionally have relied on satellite delivery for HD contribution but we can now confidently look to use Genesis Networks for future HD projects.”

“We are excited to be a part of this major milestone for Sky News as they continue to prove themselves a leader in news, taking advantage of the cutting edge services available in the world of digital video transmission,” said Paul Dujardin, President and CEO of Genesis Networks.

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About Sky News

As the UK's first dedicated 24-hour news channel, Sky News has built a deserved reputation for being the first to break major news, consistently out-performing the competition and winning more awards since its launch than any other news channel. Sky News has brought a fresh approach to news broadcasting, and is renowned for the speed of its coverage and flexibility of reporting news live. It has won the Royal Television Society News Channel of the Year for six of the past seven years and three BAFTA's for news coverage.

Since 1989, Sky News has been responsible for virtually every single innovation in television news, from the introduction of Sky News Active, the world's first interactive TV news channel, to the Newswall, enabling big stories to be told where scale is important. And from the world's first barrier-less newsroom studio, to reconstructions and verbatim stenography from the courts and the introduction of sky.com/news which reports on the stories making the headlines on the worldwide web.   

About Genesis Networks
Genesis Networks provides broadcasters, cable networks, production companies and corporations with high-quality customized global video transmission services that are reliable, flexible and affordable. The Genesis Networks’ platform is a next-generation, IP-based fiber and satellite video network with cutting-edge switching and compression technologies. With nearly 200 locations worldwide and growing, many organizations can now take advantage of Genesis services. The company’s network operations center in New York City maintains the health and standards of the global network while the Genesis proprietary software system, IRIS, allows clients to have remote, real-time network monitoring, scheduling and control capabilities. For additional information on Genesis Networks and its innovative products, please visit www.gen-networks.com.