Globecast
Australia
Launches
CNC TV
Globecast
Australia
will
launch
‘CNC
Chinese’
(Mandarin)
and ‘CNC
World’
(English)
channels
on their
Direct
to Home
(DTH)
Optus D2
platform
on
Saturday
1 March
2014.
Part of
the CNC
TV
platform,
the
Mandarin
and
English
CNC
channels
will
give
Australian
viewers
access
to
current
international
and
Chinese
news,
via
Xinhua
News
Agency’s
200+
global
news
reporting
centres.
China’s
Xinhua
News
Network
Corporation
(CNC)
was
formed
in 2009
and is
now
broadcast
in over
70 major
cities
around
the
globe.
With
close to
60
channels
covering
Australia
and New
Zealand,
GLOBECAST
AUSTRALIA’s
Optus D2
platform
is the
country’s
premium
foreign
language
and
religious
broadcasting
bouquet.
As
demand
continues
to grow
for
content
from the
Asian
region,
and with
the
third
highest
number
of new
migrants
to
Australia
from
China
CNC will
fulfill
a
growing
demand
for the
country’s
news and
culture.
Simon
Farnsworth,
CEO of
GLOBECAST
AUSTRALIA
said, “Globecast
Australia
has an
established
history
of
bringing
specialised
content
to
service
Australia’s
increasingly
multi-cultural
population.
We are
thrilled
to
continue
this
legacy
with the
launch
of the
CNC
channels.”
Mr. Zou
Chen
Dong,
CEO of
CNC
Holdings
Limited
said,
“We are
one of
the two
state
owned TV
stations
of China
and we
bring
objective
and up
to date
news
around
the
clock to
over 70
major
cities
around
the
world
24/7.
We are
excited
to work
with
Globecast
to
deliver
these
contents
to the
Australian
and New
Zealand
communities.”
Mr. Tian Di, CEO of Xinhua Australia Satellite Station, the local operating arm responsible for the business operations of CNC, said, “The launch of the Australian market is a strategic piece of CNC coverage and we are thrilled that our news coverage can complement the specialised content already on Globecast.”