French company ATEME announced new terms for technical service collaboration with Techex during the London Olympics:
Any ATEME user in London will have full backup support during the Olympic live broadcasts, including phone support and quick delivery of spare parts for video transmission.

ATEME, based near Paris in Bièvres, France, is a provider of video compression solutions for the broadcasting and telecommunications industry, with a global presence through its distribution network and support offices. ATEME offers some of the most advanced implementations of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codecs available today. These proprietary algorithms are the pride of the company and the core of its products and solutions.
ATEME's primary focus is on bandwidth-sensitive applications, and its unparalleled compression efficiency provides end users with improved quality while reducing our customers' operational costs.
ATEME encoding solutions are widely deployed in contribution links broadcast via satellite or fiber networks, in video distribution to homes, and in multi-screen delivery of live channels and video on demand (VOD), also known as ultra video. The company's scope of operations ranges from 3D and ultra-high-definition transmission networks to compression applications for mobile streaming. When it comes to cost-effective video quality, the choice is ATEME.