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As the market leader in cable TV and broadband internet services in Brazil, NET provided 12,000 TV subscription outlets, 10,000 IP telephones lines, and 8,000 Wi-Fi access points across the city of Rio de Janeiro, including the Olympic Village and competition venues. The company also provided 25 HD channels from official broadcasters as well as 40 live stream video signals, contributing to the most comprehensive Olympic coverage in history, with every event broadcast on live television. Embratel also provided the network that captured video signals of all Rio 2016 sports competitions, delivering them to the International Broadcast Centre (IBC), from where the images were broadcast to approximately five billion viewers in 200 countries around the world. Hundreds of thousands of hours of transmission were delivered by the Olympic Broadcasting Services to broadcast rights holders around the world. Approximately 3,000 professionals from Claro, Embratel and NET dedicated their services to the event.In the Olympic Park, the Claro Pavilion also offered visitors the chance to enjoy an augmented reality experience, literally placing them within a life-size, 3D replica of the official Olympic Games logo. The experience gave visitors an aerial view of Rio de Janeiro and transported them to various Olympic venues throughout the Host City. The Pavilion also offered the opportunity to take photos with the Olympic Torch and with life-size cut-outs of Olympic athletes, as well as an interactive NET lounge with live Games broadcasts, detailed mapping of Embratel fibre optics and Games infrastructure contributions, and four big screens with live Games action displayed alongside pictures posted to Claro social media accounts.SPONSORSHIP095