GlobeCast Selects Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD(TM) 9A Satellite to Launch HD Distribution Platform
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increasing HD demand from its clients, GlobeCast today announced that it has
concluded a five-year contract with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris:
ETL) for a third transponder on the EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite, which will
carry a full HD DVB-S2 platform.
The first clients on the platform already include Eurosport and Fashion
One. Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite was chosen for its potential to
reach over five million Direct-to-Home and cable homes. The satellite’s
proximity to Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD(TM) video neighborhood at 13degrees East
adds the opportunity for broadcasters to reach homes equipped for dual-feed
reception from both positions.
As a neighbourhood of choice for flagship broadcasters, Eutelsat’s
EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite offers clients of GlobeCast’s new platform prime
access to cable networks and ISPs. Channels currently in SD looking to launch
an HD DVB-S2 offer, or existing HD channels looking for new options, will
also benefit from this new choice. GlobeCast’s service to broadcasters can
include content management, playout and origination and encoding, among other
features. Uplink to EUROBIRD(TM) 9A is possible from
that enjoys connectivity to over 30 PoPs via GlobeCast’s five-continent fiber
network.
Broadcasting over 250 channels, including 35 already in HD, EUROBIRD(TM)
9A and its proximity to the 1,100 channels at Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD(TM)
neighborhood offer clients of this new platform an ideal environment that
brings together the best international and regional channels in
Africa
About GlobeCast
A subsidiary of France Telecom/Orange, GlobeCast is a leading provider of
media management and global content delivery services for broadcasters and
content creators. With a secure fiber and satellite network connected to
dozens of teleports, technical operations centers and points-of-presence
worldwide, GlobeCast manages and transports millions of hours of video and
other rich media each year. An integrator of audiovisual technology and a
full service provider, GlobeCast works with all the actors in the audiovisual
chain from production companies to broadcasters, retail organizations, cinema
chains and more. The company provides on-site service from major news and
sporting events for coverage in SD, HD or even 3D. Present in
Americas, the
expert in international television markets, and works with new and
established broadcasters to reach and secure distribution with leading pay TV
operators around the world.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is
the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 27
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world’s three leading satellite operators in
terms of revenues. At
broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels to over 200 million cable
and satellite homes in
satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications
services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets
for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight
markets. Eutelsat’s broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates
access to high speed Internet services through teleports in
that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid
organisations in
operational employees from 28 countries.
SOURCE GlobeCast and Eutelsat Communications