Commercial communications satellites will carry TV and media...

Commercial communications satellites will carry TV and media coverage from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to an anticipated global audience of three billion people, the Satellite Industry Association said in a press release (http://bit.ly/1eUBwjL). Commercial satellite operators SES, Intelsat, Eutelsat and Telesat are providing satellite connectivity to broadcasters and news organizations “so they may transmit live video content of the events as they happen to locations around the world,” it said. NBC is relying on SES satellite capacity during its live coverage of the Olympics, SIA said. TV channels and service providers “have also booked almost 500 hours of satellite transmissions from Eutelsat Communications to bring around-the-clock coverage to viewers throughout Europe,” it said.