On May 4, 2019, BCE provided audiovisual coverage of the Funeral of HRH Grand Duke Jean. The procession as well as the Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Luxembourg was broadcasted live in the city, on TV and on Internet.

Based in Luxembourg, Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) is a European leader in technical services for the media market. BCE has a wide range of services in production, post-production, broadcasting, engineering, transmissions and IT.

The multiple production means, and platforms of BCE allowed the audience to witness this event. BCE covered the event with its OB van, SNG and camera crew as well as its broadcast centre and its OTT platform.

The ceremony was broadcasted live in the city through a large screen with sound system on Place d’Armes, on television with RTL Télé Letzebuerg through BCE’s multiplayout platform and on Internet thanks to BCE/Freecaster live streaming platform.

“BCE’s wide range of production means, and platforms allows the coverage of any events on every communication channel, from local broadcasting to TV and radio broadcasting and Internet streaming, BCE is your best ally in event coverage,” explains Xavier Thillen, Head of Digital Media Operations at BCE.
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More than 70 countries followed the stream totaling more than 80000 views and peaks of 3100 concurrent viewers with an average play time of 35 minutes for the live stream and 56 minutes for the Replay stream.