Leading satellite services company GlobeCast announced on 17 January that PlayMonteCarlo, from OpenTV subsidiary BettingCorp, has signed up to its global distribution network. Interactive gaming channel PlayMonteCarlo will be available on BSkyBs platform, uplinked via Eurobird 28.5°E from GlobeCasts Brookmans Park teleport. GlobeCast will also house the interactive servers that power PlayMonteCarlos service. The servers will be controlled via a VPN, enabling remote access from PlayMonteCarlos production centre in London.
BettingCorp vice president operations Sean Eyen said: GlobeCasts reliable and scaleable bandwidth services were the obvious choice for BettingCorp. We are excited to utilise their global footprint in order to support an expansion of our PlayMonteCarlo gaming service and other BettingCorp technology powered services on interactive televison through our growing partner network. GlobeCast is perfectly placed to help us achieve this.
PlayMonteCarlo is a fixed-odds games portal available on Channel 7 of Sky Digitals Interactive Main Menu (IMM). It is also available through the Sky Active and Sky BettingZone interactive portals. The 24-hour service offers a number of fixed-odds games such as roulette, slots, keno and dice in both play-for-fun or play-for-real-money modes.
GlobeCast head of UK channel distribution Juliet Bayliss said: Its a great start to the new year signing up a company such as BettingCorp. They are the latest in a wide range of broadcasters to choose GlobeCast for their DTH delivery requirements and it is a measure of our flexibility and range of services that they have chosen us. We now deliver more than 500 channels worldwide and many of those are looking to expand into new territories. We are well-placed to help them.