Rohde & Schwarz Joins Forces With Qualcomm Technologies

Rohde & Schwarz and Qualcomm Technologies have joined forces with partners in four European countries – CRITS (R&D arm of RAI), Torino, Italy; ORS, Vienna, Austria; SWR, Stuttgart, Germany and towerCast, Paris, France – to deliver live 5G Broadcast/Multicast streaming of the Eurovision Song Contest, taking place in Torino, Italy from 10-14 May 2022, to multiple locations across Europe.

Running throughout the show, the demonstration will showcase Broadcast/Multicast capabilities over 5G where the live encoded content produced by RAI in Torino will be transmitted in real-time using a 5G Broadcast signal over-the-air to smartphone form-factor test devices from Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

The Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast to nearly 200 million viewers around the world.

Please find below links to dedicated PRs highlighting the live event produced and distributed to selected mobile devices by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana – the national public broadcaster of Italy – and explaining how the 5G Broadcast technology is working in each of the four locations with leading broadcasters.

Torino, Italy
Vienna, Austria
Stuttgart, Germany
Paris, France.

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