Olympic TV Using Free-Space Optical Data Link
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 18 -- Television signals of the Olympic Games will be broadcast over a free-space optical link this year thanks to TeraBeam Networks, a Seattle-based fiberless broadband IP services provider. Until now, worldwide broadcast networks have used fiber optics or microwave systems to transmit television signals.
TeraBeam Networks, with the help of Lucent Technologies, is providing eight broadcast channels between the International Broadcast Centre and Sydney's Olympic Aquatics Centre over a free-space optical data link. Separate signals for the UK (BBC), Canada, Japan,...Read full article
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Published: September 2000