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Eutelsat broadcasts world’s largest live 3D concert

35,000 fans of the popular German hip hop band Fantastische 4 took part in a viewing revolution on September 28, 2010. They were guests of the world’s largest live 3D concert which was broadcast to around 100 cinemas in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg. Eutelsat and German partner Bewegte Bilder Medien AG distributed the live 3D event to a network of digital cinemas via Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 satellite.

The production team of 150 people, including 48 cameramen equipped with latest 3D technology, broadcast the live event from the Steintor Varieté in Halle an der Saale. The concert was the highlight of the innovation event “3D cinema and stereoscopic media productions” by the Mitteldeutsche Multimediazentrums (MMZ).

Since spring 2010, Eutelsat and Bewegte Bilder Medien AG have set up a network of 100 cinemas in five countries. These cinemas have been equipped for the broadcast of live events in high definition, in 2D and 3D, as well as Digital Cinema Packages. Eutelsat provides the technology and satellite capacity. Online monitoring and control of broadcasts is managed centrally via the Network Operation Center (NOC) of Eutelsat’s partner and 3D pioneer, OpenSky. Bewegte Bilder Medien AG acts as an onsite partner, to install and maintain the equipment for the cinemas.

For the 3D concert, Bewegte Bilder Medien AG also coordinated the interaction between Eutelsat, the NOC, the production and the cinemas. The stereoscopic production on site was performed by Munich based KUK-Filmproduktion.

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