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Francois Schmitt , Chief Operating Officer at Euronews commented : “ Our over-arching goal with this project is to |
transmission is used for the exchanging of real-time video content . It optimises buffering in order to retrieve only the |
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media , has expanded its relationship with Euronews , the most-watched international news channel in Europe , to deliver broadcast-grade video content over the public Internet for Euronews ’ eight new tailor-made channels among its 12 linguistic services . Globecast is doing so via its robust and innovative GCXN transport service , which manages the transport of broadcast and media services over the public Internet — lowering costs and increasing flexibility .
Under this deal , Globecast
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transport solution using its bespoke GCBN ( fibre ) connectivity from Euronews ’ media facility in Lyon ( France ) to Globecast ’ s facility in Paris . From there , the channels are delivered via the GCXN service to operators worldwide and are broadcast over satellite , cable , and IPTV to consumers across varying regions . The content is delivered to around 60 affiliates and the eight channels are available in : English , French , Italian , German , Turkish , Portuguese , Russian , and Spanish . They were created as part of Euronews ’ NEXT strategic programme to empower its |
universally appealing content . We already had six channels over satellite , and we knew that adding more channels this way would be expensive . After liaising with Globecast , it was very clear that their GCXN system would be the ideal technology for us . With it , we ’ re able to increase our channel count and reach a more diverse audience without increasing our costs .”
Globecast ’ s GXCN transport service lets customers create and distribute content wherever they may be , faster and more cost effectively than using traditional fibre or satellite . For the utmost
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a complementary solution to satellite services . It can also be used for disaster recovery and monitoring of video services .
“ Our GCXN service is incredibly reliable for distributing content over the public Internet , helping our customers cut down on the costs associated with using fibre or satellite . With GCXN , we offer 99.9 per cent guaranteed reliability from Globecast ’ s facilities over the public internet to the customer reception device on their premises . GCXN significantly increases our service offering and allows an extra level of flexibility and
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cost-effectiveness .” |