Eutelsat and GlobeCast Launch a New ATLANTIC BIRD 3 Broadcast and IP Platform in New York for Transatlantic Services.Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2003 Eutelsat S.A. and GlobeCast today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly market the first ATLANTIC BIRD Atlantic Bird is the name for a set of satellites operated by Eutelsat operating over the Atlantic Ocean. Two of the original three satellites replaced the France Telecom Telecom 2 series satellites which Eutelsat had acquired in 1999. (TM) 3 broadcast and IP gateway at GlobeCast's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of teleport and broadcast center in Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. . The platform will use capacity on Eutelsat's new satellite that provides unparalleled coverage from North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. into Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The new platform provides a unique transatlantic gateway for video broadcasting and IP content distribution. It will enable small antennas to be used for corporate network distribution and for reception of television channels at cable headends as well as direct-to-home reception. The platform is also equipped with IP encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. capability for IP connectivity. A new 9-meter Ku-band dedicated earth station was recently installed by GlobeCast at its teleport in Staten Island to support encoding, multiplex and transmission for the AB3 Gateway. GlobeCast's ATM fiber network connects the company's teleports in Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Singapore, thus providing direct and seamless delivery from these key broadcast hubs to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Additional broadcast service options include encryption, program integration and tape playout. "Through the wide coverage provided on ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 3 it will be possible for Eutelsat and GlobeCast to offer transport and distribution of IP and video content out of New York into Europe, North Africa and the Middle East," said Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "I am very pleased that we have concluded this important commercial arrangement with GlobeCast and that we can leverage our mutual strengths to serve a growing market for transport and distribution of video and IP content across the Atlantic ATLANTIC Cardiology A clinical trial–Angina Treatments–Lasers And Normal Therapies In Comparison ." Christian Pinon Pinon (pī`nŏn), in the Bible, one of the dukes of Edom. , President and CEO of GlobeCast worldwide operations, added: "The ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 3 Gateway provides a much needed one-hop DTH (Direct-To-Home) Typically refers to satellite TV broadcasting directly to a dish antenna on the roof of a house. See DBS. distribution path from America to Europe and the Middle East. Our teleport in New York is the ideal uplink point for this platform, thanks to our skilled control operators, broadcast engineers and knowledgeable domestic sales force across the country." About Eutelsat Eutelsat S.A. is one of the world's leading satellite operators with capacity commercialized on 23 satellites that provide coverage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Eutelsat's satellite infrastructure gives it the flexibility to offer direct-to-home broadcasting, video distribution and contribution services, corporate network solutions and a portfolio of IP applications including broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a and Internet backbone connections. From its strategic HOT BIRD(TM) orbital position at 13 degrees East and other orbital positions, Eutelsat transmits more than 1250 television and 700 radio stations reaching an overall audience of 107 million cable and satellite homes. www.eutelsat.com GlobeCast (www.globecast.com) - a France Telecom subsidiary - is the global leader in satellite transmission services for professional broadcast, enterprise multimedia and Internet content delivery. Operating 15 teleport earth stations throughout Europe, America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa, GlobeCast offers the complete range of satellite broadcast solutions, including TV channel distribution, secure satellite Internet delivery, webcasting, satellite news gathering, direct-to-home distribution, sports programming backhaul, program origination, studio production, special events mobile production, foreign language conversion and audio distribution. |
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