FRANCE
24
Expands
Coverage
in
North
America
with
GlobeCast
13
April
2010
Leading
international
news
broadcaster
FRANCE
24
has
signed
a
three-year
deal
with
GlobeCast
to
expand
coverage
of
its
English-language
channel
in
the United States and Canada, using the Galaxy 23 satellite.
The
satellite
will
give
FRANCE
24
access
to
thousands
of
cable
headends
throughout
North
America,
including
up
to
90%
of
the
American
cable
market.
Currently
available
in
select
television
markets
in
the
United
States
through
MhZ
Worldview
and
on
certain
cable
and
DSL
networks,
FRANCE
24
is
now
in a
position
to
expand
its
American
audience
to
all
fifty
states.
In Canada, FRANCE 24 has held CRTC licenses for
digital
broadcast
of
the
English
and
French
language
channels
since
2008
and
will
now
consolidate
its
development
across
the
country.
GlobeCast
will
be
providing
FRANCE
24
in
English
with
uplink
from
its
Culver
City
(Los Angeles) teleport as
well
as
space
capacity
and
24/7
monitoring.
GlobeCast
has
been
the
distribution
partner
of
choice
for FRANCE 24 since the channel’s launch
in
2006.
This
includes
the
delivery
of
multiple
versions
of
the
channel
to
Europe,
the
Middle
East,
Africa
and
the Americas.
Featuring
news
and
current
events
from
a
French
perspective,
the
channel
broadcasts
in 3
languages
(French,
English
and
Arabic)
and
is
owned
by
broadcasting
group
AEF.
