Eutelsat and GlobeCast renew collaboration
March 20, 2009
Eutelsat Communications has confirmed that GlobeCast, a content management and delivery company, has renewed to 2016 five transponders leased from the flagship Hot Bird neighbourhood for broadcasting in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
With the seven-year extension of all five contracts, GlobeCast is continuing its longstanding relationship with Eutelsat for broadcasting free-to-air and pay-TV channels to cable and satellite homes. From several of its 12 facilities worldwide, GlobeCast uplinks five digital multiplexes to Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellites comprising almost 70 television channels including BBC World News, CNN International, EuroNews, JSTV, Al Jazeera, RTR Planeta and Berbère TV.
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