PARIS, 29 August 2006– GlobeCast – a leading broadcast content management and delivery company announced today that it will be delivering National Geographic France HD from Italy to French bouquet CanalSat, thanks to an agreement with the channel’s parent company, FOX International Channels Italy.

GlobeCast is providing Fox International Channels Italy with an end-to-end contribution service, including delivery of National Geographic France HD from the Sky Italia headquarters in Milan via diversified fibre routing to CanalSat ’s headquarters outside Paris. In addition, GlobeCast will provide all HD encoding and decoding equipment.

This deal strengthens the existing relationship between GlobeCast and Fox International Channels. GlobeCast has been involved in the transmission of National Geographic France since 2004 and Fox Life France since 2005, both in standard definition. This latest agreement moves this collaboration to a new and more innovative level as it utilises the latest in HD technology.

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