Customer Story · 2026 Winter Olympics
NBC Sports selected Appear’s X Platform for video compression, satellite modulation and transport-stream aggregation in Cortina — routing fibre and satellite feeds from the Winter Games back to viewers across the United States.
What the workflow had to handle
The X Platform handled compression, transport and cloud upload in Cortina, carrying more cameras and feeds than ever before from Italy back to US viewers.
Appear’s encoding delivered exceptional HDR video quality while making efficient use of costly international bandwidth — letting NBC Sports carry more cameras and feeds than previously realised.
Video compression, satellite modulation and transport-stream aggregation ensured flexible, reliable delivery of both fibre and satellite feeds out of Cortina.
Upload technology for cloud transport underpinned NBC Sports’ remote production model — the cornerstone of its Milan Cortina venue coverage.
02 · Transport
Appear’s encoding and transport carried NBC Sports’ Milan Cortina coverage from Italy to the US — more feeds, exceptional HDR, and remote production at its core.
More cameras and video feeds carried across the enterprise than previously realised.
Greater capacity
Exceptional HDR video quality delivered with efficient use of international bandwidth.
Quality at lower bandwidth
Fibre, satellite and cloud transport underpinned remote production of the Games.
Cornerstone of venue coverage
NBC Sports will rely heavily on Appear’s encoding, both for exceptional HDR video quality and efficient use of international bandwidth, and upload technology for Cloud transport. We can quite simply transport more cameras and video feeds across our enterprise than previously realized. And remote production is the cornerstone of the Milan Cortina venue coverage.
See how Appear’s X Platform brings high density, low latency and end-to-end resilience to next-generation live production.
