GlobeCast will pick up the AXN HD channel feed from SPENA’s facilities in Singapore directly to GlobeCast’s Parkview Square facility. GlobeCast will then deliver the signal via its RIBU fibre network to GlobeCast’s Hong Kong teleport for uplink to MEASAT-3’s platform and transmission to the Korean audience, initially via MPEG-4/DVB-S and subsequently moving to MPEG-4/DVB-S2. AXN HD, first launched in Spain in late 2008, delivers 24 hours a day of action TV series, movies, adventure, reality and lifestyle sports programs. GlobeCast’s recent HD deals with MEASAT include The History Channel HD and National Geographic Channel HD, among others. GlobeCast’s Singapore playout facility allows regional channels to launch a new feed or to expand regionally, and localize their channel.
Satnews Daily
March 2nd, 2009
Korea To Receive HD Goodies Via GlobeCast, SPE + MEASAT-3
GlobeCast will pick up the AXN HD channel feed from SPENA’s facilities in Singapore directly to GlobeCast’s Parkview Square facility. GlobeCast will then deliver the signal via its RIBU fibre network to GlobeCast’s Hong Kong teleport for uplink to MEASAT-3’s platform and transmission to the Korean audience, initially via MPEG-4/DVB-S and subsequently moving to MPEG-4/DVB-S2. AXN HD, first launched in Spain in late 2008, delivers 24 hours a day of action TV series, movies, adventure, reality and lifestyle sports programs. GlobeCast’s recent HD deals with MEASAT include The History Channel HD and National Geographic Channel HD, among others. GlobeCast’s Singapore playout facility allows regional channels to launch a new feed or to expand regionally, and localize their channel.