COURSES AND SPONSORSHIPS
SUMMER COURSES IN EL ESCORIAL
HISPASAT makes the dissemination of knowledge possible and facilitates access to information on the summer courses in El Escorial, wherever its satellite coverage reaches. The technological solution that allows television signals to be transmitted consists of a link via satellite that is used by all news services and television programmes in order to send out the images and news updates on the courses that are prepared and distributed by the Complutense University’s production house (UCMTV).
RUTA BBVA
HISPASAT has been the technological collaborator for the Ruta BBVA for the past 12 years and provided the expedition with space capacity in order to make the necessary connectivity available in the rural and remote areas of the country with the collaboration of the Colombian company Bansat. Bansat was responsible for providing and managing the technical equipment needed on the ground to connect with the satellite and ensure the service works correctly.
In addition, this year members of the expedition and journalists following the Ruta had a Kiosco Vive Digital Móvil, thanks to Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MINTIC) and NEC Colombia, which will provide Internet access via satellite and voice and data services to the participants.
In this way, the expedition members were able to send news and photos to the media, connect using telephones or video-conferencing and have several computers connected to broadband Internet in order to communicate with their family and friends.
SPANISH RUGBY FEDERATION
As a sponsor of the Spanish Rugby Federation, in 2015 HISPASAT broadcast international matches played in Spain via satellite for both men’s and women’s national teams and the final matches of the main peninsular tournaments.
ATEI
HISPASAT continued to collaborate with the Ibero-American Association of Educational and Cultural Television (ATEI) to provide satellite services to their network of partners and distributors in Europe and America. It also collaborates on the distribution via satellite of cultural and informative events.
PRINCESS OF GIRONA FOUNDATION
EIn 2015, HISPASAT continued its participation in the “Mentoring Talent” project of the Princess of Girona Foundation. In the programme, it collaborates with nine mentors in order to support talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping them in areas related to future job possibilities and fostering their initiative and talent.
It also sponsored ten scholarships to help young people attend the Impulsa Forum organised by the Foundation.
OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
In 2015, HISPASAT once again sponsored the awards for the best doctoral theses and final university projects in their goal to continue to promote excellence among young engineers.