London, 4 November 2008 – GlobeCast announces that it was chosen by MTV Networks International (MTVNI) for the recent launch of its first international High Definition service dedicated to music and kids, MTVNHD.
MTVNHD carries music based and kids’ programming that is original, acquired and from MTVNI’s multi-branded library. Over 300 hours of bespoke programming has been commissioned over two years, providing viewers with an enhanced music and kids’ entertainment experience. The 24-hour English-language HD service will initially be available in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden, with plans to expand to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela in the coming months.
GlobeCast receives MTVNI’s HD channel, along with five MTV channels in SD, via fibre at its Brookmans Park Technical Operations Centre. From there, it is uplinked to Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 6 satellite.
A number of channels have been switched from HOT BIRD 6 to create capacity for MTVNI’s HD offering, including MTV Portugal which is now managed on GlobeCast’s new transponder on EUROBIRD 9, located at 9° East.
GlobeCast (www.globecast.com): a subsidiary of France Telecom, is the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. The company operates a secure global satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and other rich media each year, providing ingest, aggregation, transmission and repurposing of content for delivery to direct-to-home satellite platforms; cable, IPTV, mobile and broadband headends; as well as corporate and digital signage networks. GlobeCast’s fleet of SNG trucks deploys globally to support coverage of the biggest news and sporting events each year in SD and HDTV formats. Borders are non-existent when it comes to GlobeCast’s services, thanks to the company’s 12 teleports and technical operations centres as well as its 18 offices in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Press Contacts:
Alexandra Weber alexandra.weber {at} globecast(.)com +33 1 5595 2604
Seamus O’Keeffe seamus {at} ing-media(.)com +44 20 7392 1987
Vanessa Ching
Senior Manager, Marketing Communications - Asia
GlobeCast Asia
600 North Bridge Road #13-02/05 Parkview Square
188778 Singapore
T : 65.6325.4222
F : 65.6227.9782
vanessa.ching {at} globecast(.)com
www.globecast.com
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