NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament in High Definition
BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 4 /PRNewswire/ — Vyvx, a market leader in providing fiber-optic and satellite transmission solutions to the media and entertainment industry for 15 years, transmitted over 80 high definition (HD) feeds during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament, including the feeds from all four regional finals and the Final Four® tournament from Indianapolis, IN. The growing demand for HD transmissions in sports broadcasting resulted in Vyvx tripling the number of feeds it transported compared to any previous NCAA Basketball Tournament delivered the live broadcast feeds of both the national semi-final games as well as the national championship game, on April 3, over its fiber-optic network from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis to CBS’s production facilities for delivery to millions of end viewers. Vyvx’s award winning network and HD VenueNet® solution enables the seamless transmission of video feeds with the highest reliability and customer support levels in the industry.Vyvx also provided advertisers with delivery of HD commercials to the CBS network for airing during the tournament. This solution enabled CBS to transmit the live broadcast of the event, while also receiving the commercials electronically for air during the telecast.
“We’re proud to be working with CBS again to transmit the NCAA Basketball Tournament, as it exemplifies our ability to provide the reach and reliability that today’s broadcasters expect, especially concerning high definition feeds,” said Derek Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Vyvx. “We expect that as end users continue to adopt HD technology, more and more sports leagues and teams as well as news organizations and broadcasters will turn to Vyvx to carry widely viewed live events, like the basketball tournament.”
Vyvx’s history and experience providing transmission services for live sports broadcasts is unmatched. It was the first company to backhaul a video feed over fiber in 1989, and to transmit a live broadcast event over a fiber-optic network in 1990. Vyvx currently provides broadcast transmission services for nearly 10,000 live sports events per year. Overall, Vyvx provides nearly 200,000 video feeds for its customers annually, transmitting more than 12 million video minutes.
