Red Bee Media has provided Systems Integration Services for Altice France, creating a completely new Broadcast and News Center in Paris, France. The facilities cover all the needs of a major media company dealing with news and sports – including a playout control room ready to broadcast 25 linear channels in HD and UHD, a master control room (MCR) for news production, 7 studios & galleries, 20 edit suites, 20 commentary booths and availability for 2 outside broadcast vans. Red Bee Media has built all technical facilities needed to complete this vast and complex installation. The official and final inauguration took place on October 9th with the launch of the news channel BFM TV.

Altice France wanted to renew their facilities and create an entirely new, state-of the-art Broadcast and News Center. Red Bee Media was selected to provide Systems Integration Services and design, build and configure the whole facility.

– We have created top-of-the-line facilities from where we can broadcast high-quality news, sports and entertainment to millions of viewers. During this project, Red Bee Media has proved to be a skilled, efficient and reliable service provider that delivered with exceptional quality on a tight deadline, says Damien Bernet, Executive Director Altice Media.

The project was initiated in April 2017 and took 17 months to complete. The facilities were initially inaugurated with the launch of 7 channels in late August, with broadcasts covering high-quality sports events such as the Premier League, the Champions League and Europa League. The official grand opening of the facilities took place on 9th of October with the launch of the news channel BFM TV.

– This has been a large and highly complex project that we are very proud to have been a part of. Our team has been spending extended hours of work to deliver on the requirements provided from Altice France and the result is a truly state-of-the-art Broadcast & News Center, says Jerome Monteil, Head of Market Area Southern Europe, Red Bee Media.

According to the requirements of Altice France, Red Bee Media has provided services covering every possible aspect to make the project a success – including design & specifications, workflow definition, procurement, logistics, cabling, integration, installation and configuration. The project has involved 30 fulltime staff from Red Bee Media and the coordination of over 300 external service providers.

The Altice France Broadcast & News Center is located in the 15th Arr. in Paris and will be providing high quality content in Sports, Entertainment and News to millions of viewers all over France, through TV and radio channels such as BFM TV, BFM Business and the various RMC Sport channels.

FACTS AND FIGURES – ALTICE FRANCE BROADCAST & NEWS CENTER

  • Playout Control Room for 25 linear channels in HD and UHD
  • MCR for News Production
  • 7 Studios and Galleries
  • 20 Edit Suites
  • 20 Commentary Booths
  • Availability and space for 2 OB Vans

Communiqué de Presse en Français – Red Bee Media et Altice France

 

About Altice France – alticefrance.com
Altice France is the leading telecoms-media convergence player in France.
Through SFR, France’s second-largest communications services company, Altice France is a telecommunications industry leader serving 22 million customers. SFR owns the country’s first fiber optical network (FTTB / FTTH) with 11.8 million eligible FTTx connections. It also boasts the greatest number of 4G antennas in the country, covering 97% of the population.
SFR enjoys a major presence across the entire market, among the public, businesses, local authorities and other telecom companies.
Altice France is also a leading media group with 14 television channels, two radio stations and five press publications, amongst which iconic brands such as BFM, RMC, Libération and L’Express.
Whether through its digital newsstand, portfolio of sporting fixture rights, or the creation, funding or purchase of original and exclusive content, Altice France is a pioneer of new publishing and distribution models open to all.
In 2017, Altice France achieved a turnover of 10.8 billion euro.
Press contact: presse@alticefrance.com
Twitter: @AlticeFrance