MTV satellite and live stream between Nairobi, Washington DC and London.
The broadcast is based around Shuga, a smash-hit MTV drama based in Nairobi. The cast will be talking to an audience around the world around issues of HIV.
Shuga has been part of an education process in Kenya around HIV which has been involved in a dramatic drop in new cases of HIV in young Kenyan’s. At the same time, the number of new cases of HIV in Washington DC has risen dramatically.
The live broadcast will be an interactive conversation. The live stream will be for 1 hour at the following times:
GMT: 16:00h
EST: 10:00h
EAT: 18:00h
And will be streamed live at: http://mtvshuga.com/
The main production’s will be in Nairobi and Washington.
The communication, satellite, and fibre links are as follows:
Nairobi -> Astra Satellite -> Paris -> Intelsat -> Atlanta -> Fibre -> Washington
Washington -> Fibre -> Atlanta -> Intelsat -> Paris -> Astra Satellite -> Nairobi
Feed mixed in Washington then
Washington -> Fibre -> Atlanta -> Fibre -> Felenor -> BT Tower -> Fibre -> Television Centre -> ST Encoders
ST Encoders -> TVC Datacentre -> Akamai -> Site
