Scopus Network Technologies, a supplier of digital compression technology to the broadcasting industry, won a global tender by Korea Telecom for digital broadcasting platforms for the World Cup games taking place in May-June 2002 in South Korea and Japan. This is one of Scopus Network Technologies' most strategic deal, worth millions of dollars.
Scopus Network Technologies will provide the Korean broadcasting network with end-to-end systems for real time transmission of content on 200 digitally compressed channels.
The first event Scopus Network Technologies will transmit will be the draw of the football teams qualifying for the games, which will determine the match-ups among the teams. The draw will take place on December 1, 2001, and will be broadcast live from Korea. The opening ceremony of the World Cup on May 31, 2002 will also be broadcast using Scopus Network Technologies's platform.
The company's broadcasting equipment will enable the Korean network to transmit from 10 stadiums throughout Korea. The games' content will be sent to an international broadcasting center in Seoul, then routed and re-transmitted to three ground stations in Korea. There it will be linked up to satellites that will broadcast the games to billions of viewers around the globe.
Scopus Network Technologies is a leading supplier of digital compression technology to the broadcasting industry for real-time transmitting of digital television content on advanced communications infrastructures. The private company, headed by David Mahlab, is owned byKoor Industries (NYSE: KOR) and several Israeli funds. It has employees in Israel, the US, China and Mexico.
The company's customers include leading broadcasting network CBS in the US, PCTV and PRAMER/Liberty Media in South America, BBC and SKY in Britain, and Retevision in Europe, telcos Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, and others.
Published by Israel's Business Arena on 24 October, 2001