Entertainment channel delivered to Sky via GlobeCast’s capacity on Eurobird

London 18 September, 2007 – Digital entertainment company Simply Media has expanded its online entertainment and lifestyle channel Simply TV with the recent launch on Sky’s digital platform using GlobeCast’s technical facilities and capacity on the Eurobird satellite.

The move to a multiplatform offering will allow Sky subscribers throughout the UK and Ireland to view the latest news, tips and interviews from the worlds of beauty, cooking, movies and showbiz on channel 196. Originally launched as an online ‘video on demand’ service, Simply TV showcases all of Simply Media’s specialist channels, including The Baby Channel, BeautyZone TV, Avenue11.com and Simply Entertainment. Tech-savvy viewers are also invited to submit homemade videos to the channel for broadcast consideration.

GlobeCast has created a bespoke solution for Simply TV which includes fibre connectivity from the BT Tower to GlobeCast’s London Technical Operations Centre at Brookman’s Park , where the signals are encrypted and uplinked to the Sky Digital platform on the Eurobird satellite at 28.5°E.

The newest addition to GlobeCast’s platform on Eurobird will join more than 100 video channels and eleven radio channels that GlobeCast hosts on the platform, including major television broadcasters such as Al-Jazeera International, Setanta, Portland TV, ESPN and Horse & Country .

About GlobeCast
GlobeCast ( www.globecast.com ), a subsidiary of France Telecom, marks its 10 th anniversary in 2007 as the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. The company operates a secure global satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and other rich media each year, providing ingest, aggregation, transmission and repurposing of content for delivery to direct-to-home satellite platforms; cable, IPTV, mobile and broadband headends; as well as corporate and digital signage networks. GlobeCast’s fleet of SNG trucks deploys globally to support coverage of the biggest news and sporting events each year in SD and HDTV formats. Borders are non-existent when it comes to GlobeCast’s services, thanks to the company’s 12 teleports and technical operations centres as well as its 20 offices in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.