In Siberia on the ice of Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, on Sunday February 22, 2015 viewers of the Russia 2 channel and spectators witnessed very unusual hockey games. The live broadcast in such unusual circumstances was organized by our longtime partner Start TV, using Simple R server.
Despite the extreme weather conditions (temperature dropped to -26°C) the slomo.tv server due to its highly reliable design and use of SSD passed the test with flying colors. It proved that it can work in extremely cold conditions without any interruptions.
To see the stars of the world hockey play outdoors on the ice of lake Baikal was a real treat.
Intercontinental "Bank Ugra" Cup and "Friendship Cup" competitions included several matches, among them between Yekaterinburg "Neoplanu" and Montreal "Three Rivers" and between "Stars of the Night Hockey League" and "Stars of the World" team, with players from Canada, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Finland.
