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Syria’s
static war
Nearly three years into the conflict
in Syria that started with peaceful
demonstrations against Bashar
al-Asad's rule, over 100,000
people have been killed, and over
5m people have been displaced.
Islam Channel's investigative
team arrived on the Turkish
border in December to meet
victims of the war, document
relief work and efforts to rehabilitate
the injured. Unsatisfied with the
limited reporting coming out of
Syria, the team ventured inside
Syria to meet children orphaned
as a result of the conflict.
Islam Channel’s special
report from inside Syria finds it is
a "static war," where change
occurs rapidly and yet for the
victims nothing really changes.
With contributions from rebel
fighters, aid workers and injured
victims of the civil war, the report
analyses the effect of the war on
Syrians inside and outside of the
country.
Working in Syria, Islam
Channel journalists risked their
lives to get to the heart of this
story.
Static War
can be viewed
on the channel's YouTube page.
Globecast has been ranked the
second-largest independent
teleport operator in the world on
the Independent Top Twenty list
compiled by the World Teleport
Association (WTA). Ranking just
behind Harris CapRock, a
provider of VSAT services, this
makes Globecast the largest
independent teleport operator
for broadcast services. The
Independent Top Twenty ranks
teleport operators based on
revenue from all sources,
focusing on independent
companies at the core of the
satellite teleport industry.
Globecast also came in at No.
6 on the WTA’s Global Top
Twenty, a broader ranking of
companies that derive revenues
fromall customised communications
sources and which includes
operators of teleports, satellite
fleets, and business-to-business
fibre networks.
In December Globecast signed
a deal with MEASAT and Mezzo
to deliver Mezzo Live HD Asia via
the MEASAT-3 satellite to viewers
in Asia-Pacific. Globecast receives
the signal at its technical
operations centre in Paris. From
there, the channel is sent via
fibre to Globecast's Hong Kong
teleport for uplink onto the
MEASAT-3 platform. The music
channel is subtitled in 11
regional languages and adapted
to the tastes of local markets.
RRsat
Duna deal
RRsat Global Communications
Network has been awarded a
tender by Media Service Support
and Asset Management Fund
(MTVA), Hungary’s public service
media organisation, to expand
broadcast of Duna World TV
channel and Duna World Radio
worldwide. The tender will
generate US$1.2m in revenues
for RRsat with potential for
expansion for an additional
period and to US$2.5m overall.
RRsat will provide an end-to-
end integrated broadcast solution
for MTVA including media
processing and preparation
services such as content
acquisition, closed caption
service, EPG and frame rate
conversion, as well as distribution
solutions to Australia and the
Americas via RRsat’s platforms
on Optus D2, Galaxy 19 and
Intelsat 21 respectively.
MTVA is the largest media
enterprise in Hungary, leveraging
five TV channels (M1, M2, M3,
Duna and Duna World), eight
radio channels, a complete
national news agency and all
associated online sites.
Globecast top operator
