GO is investing further in its core TV infrastructure in view of the additional requirements resulting from the transmission of the next football season of the English Premier League and Italian Serie A, both of which kick off in the summer. GO has won the exclusive right to broadcast matches from these two leagues from the 2010/ 11 football season onwards.
The investment, the company said, will allow GO to simultaneously broadcast six live events, including matches from the English and Italian leagues.
The upgrading work will take place in GO’s TV operations facilities at the Maghtab head end and will include a new play out system, which means that the company can receive and record up to 10 simultaneous live feeds, and will be able to transmit six of those 10 live feeds to customers’ homes. As a result, all GO sports customers can rest assured that they will not miss a minute of the action from the English Premier League and Italian Serie A.
Moreover, GO is also upgrading its play out operations centre at the Maghtab head end in order to ensure that the company’s TV team will be able to monitor and direct all transmissions effectively and to the
satisfaction of its customers. In addition, an audio studio is being set up inside the TV operations centre to cater for live commentary during football matches and other sporting events.
Kelvin Camenzuli, GO’s Senior Manager Video & Network Operations Centres, said: “Over the past few years we have invested considerably in upgrading both the core TV operations and transmission facilities, with the result that GO provides almost 100 per cent DTTV coverage all over the Maltese Islands.
“With the added requirements resulting from the transmission of English and Italian football matches, GO has decided to further upgrade its state-of-the-art operations centre to cater for the concurrent sporting events that take place. Hence, GO sports customers will have the peace of mind that the best live action will always be available live on its six GO sports channels.”
Meanwhile, GO informs its customers that they can watch the vast majority of FIFA World Cup matches being held between 11 June and 11 July in South Africa. All GO customers can watch this fantastic event free of charge via the free-to-air transmissions provided by TVM and other international channels.
Sports enthusiasts are urged to subscribe now and take advantage of free sport and great savings when they subscribe for a whole year. Customers can now benefit from free set-top boxes and installation when subscribing to either a Home Pack or Gold TV package. GO sports is available as an optional add-on to the GO Silver or Gold TV packages.