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Industry | Telecommunications, Broadcasting |
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Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Christian Pinon, Olivier Barberot, Philippe Bernard |
Products | Media processing and transmission services for television broadcasters and content owners |
Parent | Orange S.A. |
Website | https://www.globecast.com/ |
Globecast is a service company for the radio, television and media industry, providing solutions[ buzzword ] for media and content management, aggregation, formatting, processing, transmission and distribution. These contents are feeding various television and radio platforms: direct-broadcast satellite (DBS), digital terrestrial television (DTT), cable TV, IPTV, TV for internet connected screens (OTT TV), digital signage networks, cinema theaters (DCP and live events delivery). Globecast is a key player in this industry, serving the needs for top 100 television broadcasters in the world.[ citation needed ]
Globecast has an established presence in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Middle-East, through nineteen points of presence, among them twelve satellite telecommunication teleports and technical operation centers, all of them linked via an international terrestrial telecommunication network.
The company is fully owned by Orange. It is currently led by Philippe Bernard (previous CEO was Olivier Barberot; and before him Christian Pinon, Alain Baget).
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