SKY NEWS and GlobeCast Australia Take Australian Election Day 2010 Worldwide - Live

9 August 2010

GlobeCast Australia is proud to assist Australia's news channel SKY NEWS to deliver the nation's Election Day 2010 coverage live, worldwide via a 7-satellite network created for the day by SKY NEWS.

SKY NEWS will deliver the largest international broadcast distribution ever for an Australian election, using GlobeCast Australia’s own global resources and its access to leading satellite platforms.

SKY NEWS' Election Day coverage on August 21 - which will be the most comprehensive in scope of any Australian broadcaster - will be distributed internationally free-to-air and unencrypted to multiple digital satellite, cable, and terrestrial television systems, as well as live online and on mobile platforms. The special satellite television network that SKY NEWS has commissioned for the day alone spans 98% of the globe.

Angelos Frangopoulos, the CEO of Australian News Channel (ANC) which owns the SKY NEWS group of channels said: "Australia's international relations and representation are more important than ever. Election Day 2010 is a pivotal event that should be available worldwide and SKY NEWS is making it happen on an unprecedented scale.

"This is a service for the international business and diplomatic community, trade missions and embassies, Australian expatriates and travellers, and citizens of other countries on every continent who may have an interest. Going global with Election Day 2010 is a major initiative for SKY NEWS and stems naturally from our long commitment and innovation in covering Australian politics and democracy".

SKY NEWS is the only broadcaster to have covered every Federal, State and Territory election nationally live for the past decade. ANC also provides Australia's only public affairs channel A-PAC.  GlobeCast Australia, Australia’s leading broadcast services provider, assists SKY NEWS with its global content supply for its channels, daily.