GlobeCast, 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 fiber 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 head ends; as well as corporate and digital signage networks. GlobeCast's fleet of SNG trucks is deployed 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 centers a well as its 17 offices in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.
In cooperation with Arabsat and ASBU, GlobeCast has launched on April 2004 the Global Arabic Bouquet aimed at the worldwide distribution of a bundle of premium Arabic channels. Through key orbital positions beaming to both DTH and cable markets, GlobeCast has been able to secure the full coverage required for successfully targeting of Arabic speaking and Muslim populations around the globe.
Global Arabic Bouquet (Basic Package):
North-America via Galaxy 19
South-America via HispaSat 1C
Africa via Arabsat 5C
Asia via AsiaSat 5
Optional Services:
Europe, North Africa & Middle-East via Eutelsat Hot Bird / Eutelsat 9A (EuroBird 9A)
United-Kingdom and Ireland via Eutelsat 28A (EuroBird 1)
Australia + New-Zealand via Intelsat-8 (Australia only) / Optus D2