Equidia, the international horse racing channel, moves to cloud delivery with Globecast to accelerate international growth

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media and content management, has announced that international horse racing channel, Equidia, has chosen the company’s Managed Cloud Network (MCN) service, plus encoding, to greatly increase the choice and flexibility of what content can be aired by which affiliates, highly cost-effectively. Equidia, through its B2B Equidia Pro service delivers […]

South Korea’s Arirang TV expands relationship with Globecast for the launch of its HD channel across Western Europe

Paris, 27th October 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, announced that it’s expanding its relationship with South Korean English-language TV network Arirang TV, aimed at international audiences, to broadcast in HD across Western Europe on satellite Astra 1L at 19.2°E, beginning this month. Lee, Yong-Jae Distribution Director at Arirang TV, said, “We […]

Globecast provides playout and distribution for Mindset pop-up education channel during COVID-19

Johannesburg, South Africa, 21st July 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it has partnered with long-term customer and education content provider, Mindset, to create an additional pop-up education channel for children across Sub-Saharan Africa. When lockdown occurred in South-Africa due to COVID-19, Mindset, an NGO working with government, institutional […]

Virgin Media selects Globecast for playout of ‘pop-up’ HD exercise channel ‘Get Movi

London, 14th July 2020 — Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that Virgin Media, an existing customer, has turned to the company to provide a robust and flexible playout solution for its ‘pop-up’ HD exercise channel Get Moving. During these ongoing difficult Covid times, online and TV-based exercise classes and workout recommendation […]

FileCatalyst Joins Forces with Glookast to Provide Accelerated File Transfer Technology to their File-Based Broadcast Workflow Solutions

OTTAWA, ON – FileCatalyst, an Emmy® award-winning pioneer in managed file transfers and a world-leading accelerated file transfer solution, has announced a new ISV partner integration with Glookast. This integration will provide file transfer acceleration to users of Glookast’s solution portfolio, ranging from baseband and file ingest to media services that include parking, retrieving, transcoding, and outgesting. […]

QYOU and Tata Sky partner to bring online video content to subscriber homes in India

QYOU Media (TSXV: QYOU), the world’s leading curator of premium ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has expanded its partnership with Tata Sky, India’s leading content distribution platform, in the largest single-territory deployment of its linear channel to date.  Previously available through Tata Sky’s mobile app, this broader deal will make QYOU’s 24/7 service of online video […]

Almatel Kazakhstan Launches New HEVC DTH Service with Harmonic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 13, 2017 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that the largest cable operator in Kazakhstan, Almatel Kazakhstan, operating under the brand name Alma TV, has augmented its cable television service with the launch of a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television platform using the latest […]

Ooredoo Pioneers First 4K/UHD Channels in the Middle East With Harmonic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 15, 2017 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that Ooredoo, an international telecommunications operator headquartered in Doha, Qatar, has launched the first 4K TV channels in the Middle East using a next-generation Electra(TM) video compression solution for all-IP environments. Ooredoo’s new multiscreen channels […]

Tentkotta Launches Linear OTT Channel With Amagi

NEW YORK — Dec. 7, 2016 — Amagi, a pioneer in cloud-based managed services, today announced that Tentkotta, the industry leader in streaming South-Indian language movies and content to international markets, has expanded its SVOD offerings by leveraging Amagi’s CLOUDPORT managed services. The new Tentkotta TV is a subscription-based, ad-supported 24/7 linear OTT channel bringing […]

ChyronHego at the 2016 NAB Show

2016 NAB Show April 18-21, Las Vegas ChyronHego Booth SL1210 As media companies continue to grapple with the challenges of migrating away from proprietary hardware models and toward IT-centric, software-based operations, they need integrated solutions that will deliver the highest rate of return. At the 2016 NAB Show, ChyronHego will showcase the solutions and workflows […]