PanAmSat Corporation has teamed up with GlobeCast to launch PanGlobal TV. Hosted on the PAS-8 Pacific Ocean Region satellite, this new Australian DTH platform will target international broadcasters wanting to reach Australias 5 million multicultural viewers.
By joining forces with GlobeCast to form PanGlobal TV, PanAmSat has added another dimension to its already varied Asia-Pacific satellite offerings, said David Ball, vice president, Asia Pacific sales, PanAmSat. International customers looking to distribute their programming to Australias vibrant Pay TV market will be able to access an established DTH neighborhood of more than 60,000 homes, where the necessary antennas have already been deployed. This is the ideal opportunity to reach a fast-growing market.
GlobeCast is a leading DTH service provider worldwide, including in Australia with its successful DTH platforms, said Mark Lobwein, DTH Sales Manager, GlobeCast Australia. Through our relationship with PanAmSat, GlobeCast greatly expands its satellite portfolio over Australia, and its ability to offer customers a choice of Direct-to-Home distribution paths to this dynamic market.
PanGlobal TVs customer base will target international broadcasters who wish to reach Australias diverse multi-cultural communities. The service will transmit channel signals from either GlobeCast Australias Sydney teleport or the PanAmSat Napa Valley teleport. In addition to digital encoding, signal processing and transport, PanAmSat and GlobeCast Australia will uplink the space segment to the PAS-8 Ku-Band Australia beam. PanGlobal TV offers backhaul to either the Napa teleport or the Sydney teleport by satellite, fiber or hybrid satellite/fiber contribution.
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