GlobeCast WorldTV Will Make Available up to 77 Channels for Linear and VOD Distribution

Paris, 4 October 2006– GlobeCast announced at IPTV World that it has concluded an agreement with Verizon to supply GlobeCast WorldTV international television channels for distribution over the company’s FiOS TV and broadband platforms. GlobeCast WorldTV will initially furnish Verizon with signal transport and licensing rights for up to 37 top tier international channels in 18 languages from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. In addition to the 37 channels initially available to Verizon, GlobeCast WorldTV has plans to provide Verizon with access to another 40 channels during 2007. The agreement allows Verizon to make GlobeCast WorldTV programming available to consumers on both a linear and VOD distribution basis, thereby positioning Verizon to have one of the largest multicultural video offerings in the United States.

A subsidiary of France Telecom’s global broadcast distribution and content management services company GlobeCast – GlobeCast WorldTV is the largest aggregator and distributor of international television in North America, currently broadcasting 206 global television and radio brands from 42 countries in 35 languages via direct-to-home satellite, cable, IPTV, broadband and mobile platforms.

Verizon FiOS TV provides a broad array of all-digital programming, two dozen high-definition channels, up to 3,000 on-demand titles and FiOS TV Widgets, which supplies one-touch, on-demand access to real-time local weather and traffic. Its newest service, Home Media DVR, combines a multi-room digital video recorder with Media Manager, a feature that lets subscribers view photos and listen to music stored on their PCs through their TV. Verizon delivers FiOS TV over the nation’s largest network that brings the broadband capacity of fiber optics all the way to customers’ homes and businesses.

GlobeCast WorldTV channels provide operators with highly differentiated unique content to target the estimated 23 million people in America that speak a primary language other than English or Spanish at home, enabling operators to grow their international channel lineup to meet consumer demand.

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