GlobeCast at CommunicAsia 2009: Spotlight on Media Sharing, top HD platforms and WebTV

Singapore, 19 May 2009 – GlobeCast, a major content management and delivery specialist, will be demonstrating its Media Sharing Platforms and highlighting its top HD platforms as well as upcoming coverage of sporting events at stand 6F2-01, Hall 6. The France Telecom company leverages the strength of its local expertise in Asia to provide broadcasters and content providers with global solutions that vary from Media Management and playout to full-fledged delivery via its global satellite and fibre network.

For its Media Sharing Platform demo, GlobeCast will partner with recently acquired subsidiary NETIA to show an example of a digital channel workflow. Using systems such as GlobeCast’s Content Exchange and Netia’s Hypercast Warehouse which provide a secure network for file sharing and exchange as well as intelligent indexing and archiving of content. Customers will experience some of these services firsthand from the unique perspective of both the producer and broadcaster, from selection, sharing and indexing content, all the way through to simulated playout and delivery.

GlobeCast will also showcase international content for distribution to IPTV platforms and hotel networks worldwide as well as WebTV solutions.

2010 will be a blockbuster year for sport for GlobeCast who is the broadcast partner and service provider for major events such as the IPL Twenty20 and the Olympics. GlobeCast’s sports contribution team will be on hand to discuss upcoming sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. Services are planned for both rightsholders and non-rightsholders to bring these special events, some in HD, from the stadiums to the rest of the world. GlobeCast’s services are also available for broadcasters covering the 2010 Youth Olympics Games in Singapore.

For a one-stop pitstop at CommunicAsia to get up to speed on the latest in content management and delivery industry trends, visit GlobeCast @ Hall 6, 6F2-01

Note to Editors:

Ms Darby Sanchez, CEO of GlobeCast Asia will be appearing on the following panels:

# 15 June – CASBAA Satellite Forum, Four Seasons Hotel

13.25 – 14.20 Monday, Session 3: The power of DTH

# 16 June – CommunicAsia Satellite Track, Singapore Expo, Hall F

15.30 – 16.10 pm Tuesday, Satellite for Asia – The Best Practices

For queries or to set up interviews, please contact

Vanessa Ching vanessa.ching {at} globecast(.)com +65 6325 4222

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

Vanessa Ching
Senior Manager, Marketing Communications – Asia

GlobeCast
600 North Bridge Road #13-02/05 Parkview Square
188778 Singapore

T : 65.6325.4222
F : +65 227 9782

vanessa.ching {at} globecast(.)com
www.globecast.com