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Turner Selects Eutelsat for Wider European Reach |
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PARIS, France, March 14, 2007/Satnews Daily/ ― Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three of its flagship entertainment channels, Boomerang, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies, to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Turner is a leading U.S. producer of news and entertainment products and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is providing TBS with a comprehensive broadcasting package that includes multiplexing, encryption and uplinking as well as transmission to cable markets in continental Europe. Signals are taken from the TBS playout center in London and delivered by fiber to Eutelsat’s Rambouillet teleport via a PoP in London. At Rambouillet, the channels are encrypted, placed into a DVB multiplex for the KabelKiosk platform and transmitted by satellite to cable headends.
Broadcasting with English and German soundtracks, the three TBS channels benefit from privileged access to more than 170 regional cable network partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg who offer their subscribers the KabelKiosk channel product, which is commercialized by Eutelsat's German subsidiary.
Delivered to cable networks by Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 2 satellite, KabelKiosk offers cable homes more than 60 channels, including 30 channels broadcasting in nine languages for international communities, as well as live coverage of Germany’s Bundesliga football matches.
"We are pleased to partner with Eutelsat, who is not only a leading provider of satellite capacity but also offers a one-stop shop package for reaching cable networks in which all our three channels are distributed," says Michael Riley TBS SVP and general manager Germany, Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Olivier Milliès-Lacroix welcomed the arrival of TBS channels in the KabelKiosk package: “We are delighted to have won the confidence of TBS to provide a turnkey solution for delivering three of their prime channels from their London studios to cable homes in continental Europe. Their addition to the KabelKiosk package is an invaluable contribution to the portfolio of children’s and family entertainment networks we can offer to cable homes in continental Europe”.
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