SF spared from power failure during European Championship semi-final
Millions of TV viewers missed the second goal of the Euro semifinal between Germany and Turkey: A power outage at UEFA’s International Broadcasting Center in Vienna caused a several-minute interruption in video and audio for ZDF, ORF, and other TV stations. SF was spared.
Millions of TV viewers missed the second goal of the European Championship semi-final between Germany and Turkey. A power failure at Uefa's International Broadcasting Center (IBC) in Vienna caused ZDF, ORF and other TV stations to lose picture and sound for several minutes, as reported by SDA. All TV pictures are broadcast to the world from the IBC. All SRG TV stations were spared. SRG has permanent direct fiber optic lines to the most important sports stadiums in Switzerland. Before the start of Euro 08, SRG negotiated with Uefa that the corresponding lines could be used in the Basel stadium. As a result, the SRG signal could be broadcast directly and did not have to be rerouted via the IBC affected by the power failure.
ZDF and ORF took over the images from Swiss television via satellite. Other broadcasters, such as France's TF1, showed their viewers archive images.
According to Alexandre Fourtoy, head of Uefa Media Technologies, there were three six-minute outages in Vienna on Thursday. The extent of the breakdown still had to be clarified and an investigation was underway.
ZDF and ORF took over the images from Swiss television via satellite. Other broadcasters, such as France's TF1, showed their viewers archive images.
According to Alexandre Fourtoy, head of Uefa Media Technologies, there were three six-minute outages in Vienna on Thursday. The extent of the breakdown still had to be clarified and an investigation was underway.
