GlobeCast to deliver Kaohsiung World Games

CommunicAsia, 17 June 2009 – GlobeCast will provide domestic and international broadcast delivery via satellite for all SD and HD feeds as well as an international broadcast booking centre for tape playout and SNG services for the upcoming World Games, to be held on16-26 July 2009.

The LIVE World feed which includes the pre-programme, opening and closing ceremonies and daily highlights, is available free-to-air to broadcasters worldwide via satellite distribution.

The IOC-sanctioned World Games aim to feature the diversity of sport, showcasing sport not featured at the Olympics such as snooker, aikido, field archery, boules, dragon boat racing, bodybuilding, wakeboarding, sumo, tug of war, lifesaving, Ultimate frisbee, DanceSport amongst many others.

Note to editors: For the latest information on the games schedule and satellite information updates, please visit the official games website http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/index.php

Press 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