Transmission services company Aldea Solutions is working with sports producer Input Media to provide facilities in Cape Town for coverage of the 2010 World Cup.

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The two companies will make available a variety of services for international broadcasters including playout, fixed standups from a rooftop, studio with live backdrop and wireless standups.

The facilities will be available at Granger Bay in the V&A Waterfront’s World Media and Legacy Centre in Cape Town, with views of the football stadium, Table Mountain and Robben Island.

HD-quality fiber optic video transmission will be provided by Aldea.

Aldea chief executive Lionel Bentolila said: “Aldea has a heritage of providing HD-quality fiber optic video transmission services for broadcasters that have high reliability, low signal latency and high bandwidth at a competitive cost.”

Input Media has worked with UEFA, The Football Association and FA Premier League football clubs including Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.

Aldea has also designed a bi-directional video and data transport set-up that will enable live HD and SD broadcasts from temporary studios in Johannesburg and Cape Town to its clients’ studios around the world.