GlobeCast America drives growth with two key executive appointments

NAB, Las Vegas, 19 April 2009 – GlobeCast has strengthened its position in the Americas with the appointment of two key executives. Former GlobeCast Asia CEO David Justin has been named as CEO America while industry veteran Catherine Palaia has joined the company as Senior Director, Business and Product Development.

Charged with boosting GlobeCast’s American growth, Justin is expected to take up the position by 1 June 2009 and will manage the company’s operations in the region, including facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Sunrise (Florida) and São Paulo.

In his most recent role as CEO of GlobeCast Asia, Justin was the driving force behind the company’s 100 % growth in less than three years and its geographic expansion. Justin initiated and carried out the acquisition of PCM in Hong Kong and the opening of a playout and origination center in Singapore. He was also instrumental in the success of several large-scale broadcasting events, most recently the 2008 Beijing Games. Darby Sanchez replaced Justin as CEO of GlobeCast Asia earlier this year.

Palaia, tasked with strengthening and managing the business and product development of GlobeCast America, brings more than 20 years’ experience with some of the big names in broadcast, media and telecommunications. Palaia spent more than 14 years with satellite giant PanAmSat and later Intelsat, working her way up from Account Manager to VP of Broadcast Services. She has recently worked as a consultant to broadcast companies including VISTA Satellite Communications and Azzuro HD.

The appointment of these two high-profile individuals, whose experience and knowledge are renowned within the industry, shows GlobeCast’s dedication to the American market, and opens the region up to even further potential for development.

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GlobeCast (www.globecast.com): a subsidiary of France Telecom, is a 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. Top-tier broadcasters and content providers of all sizes turn to GlobeCast for 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 11 teleports and technical operations centres as well as its 17 offices in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia