WorldTV Available in Las Vegas
New York, April 2011 – WorldTV today announced the addition of international television to Caesars Palace’s long list of guest amenities. Las Vegas guests staying at Caesars' Augustus and Octavius Towers now have access to channels from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The channels are available on a pay per day basis and reflect a growing trend in the hospitality industry that specifically caters to international clientele.
Through a partnership with Cox Hospitality Network, a leading provider of in-room guest video and data technology services, and GlobeCast WorldTV, the nation’s leading distributor of international content, several other Las Vegas area hotels are adding international programming to their in-room television offerings.
In addition to Caesars Palace, in-language Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish programming can also be found in world renowned properties like the Mandarin, Vdara and Aria hotels.
“Las Vegas is a top destination for international tourists and business professionals each year,” said Lisa Coelho, Vice President of WorldTV. “Offering these guests with international in-room services not only enhances their experience but also promotes Las Vegas as a friendly destination to foreign travelers.”
The full channel lineup includes Al Jazeera International (English), Antenna (Greek), ART (Arabic), ART Movies (Arabic), Beijing TV (Mandarin), CCTV-Entertainment (Mandarin), China Movie (Mandarin), Deutsche Welle (German), France24 (English), France24 (French), Gol TV (Spanish), Hunan TV (Mandarin), Kuwait TV (Arabic), MBC (Korean), Phoenix InfoNews (Mandarin), Phoenix North America (Mandarin), Rai (Italian), Rai News (Italian), RTPI (Portuguese), RTR Planeta (Russian), Russia Today (English), SIC (Portuguese), TVE Internacional (Spanish), TVE News (Spanish), Vesti (Russian) and YTN (Korean).
About Cox Hospitality Network
Cox Hospitality Network, a product of Cox Business, is the #1 provider of advanced in-room video-on-demand and high-speed Internet service in use by the hotel industry. These services include free-to-guest cable TV, hit movies on demand, adult programming, Internet TV, games, wired & wireless high-speed Internet and interactive guest services. Cox Hospitality Network provides services to over 100 hotel customers servicing over 125,000 hotel rooms, including 16 of the 20 largest hotels in the world.
About WorldTV
WorldTV is the leading aggregator and distributor of international television and radio programming in America. The service currently delivers more than 200 market leading television and radio channels in 35 languages representing 42 countries from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, via Direct-to-Home Satellite, Cable, Telco, IPTV and Hospitality Networks. WorldTV is a division of GlobeCast, subsidiary of France Telecom. www.globecastwtv.com
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WorldTV Partners with Nation’s Largest Rural Telco to Deliver International Television to Multicultural Communities
WorldTV Channels Now Available to an Additional 70,000 Households
New York, April 2011 – WorldTV, a division of GlobeCast, today announced a new content distribution agreement that will see its international channels gain access to markets across the rural United States.
The agreement makes 13 of WorldTV’s international services available to video customers residing in markets formerly controlled by Verizon, including markets in Arizona, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
The former Verizon properties include approximately 4.8 million access lines, with 1 million high speed internet customers, 2.2 million long distance customers, 164,000 DirecTV customers and 69,000 FiOS video customers.
WorldTV, the leading aggregator and distributor of international content in North America, is supplying a variety of services, including rights management, content aggregation, fiber delivery and market research support for the new channels.
“We are extremely pleased to be able to expand the reach of these services,” said Lisa Coelho, Vice President and General Manager of WorldTV. “This new service footprint offers many rich opportunities for international content, and we look forward to working hard to address these markets with additional content and services.”
The channel line up includes Antenna Satellite (Greek), BN TV (Bosnian), CTN (Cambodian), Kuwait TV (Arabic), NTV Hayat (Bosnian), Phoenix North America (Chinese), Pro TV (Romanian), Public TV of Armenia (Armenian), RSC 1 (Romanian), RTPi (Portuguese), RTR Planeta (Russian), TVK (Cambodian) and YTN (Korean).
About WorldTV
WorldTV is the leading aggregator and distributor of international television and radio programming in North America. The service currently delivers more than 200 market leading television and radio channels in 35 languages representing 42 countries from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, via Direct-to-Home Satellite, Cable, Telco, IPTV and Hospitality Networks. WorldTV is a division of GlobeCast, subsidiary of France Telecom.
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FiOS Expands International Fare With World TV
Adds Three Channels from GlobeCast Division
By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/2/2009 8:21:59 PM
Verizon's FiOS TV pay-TV service has boosted its international content offerings by launching three new channels from World TV, a division of content management and delivery company GlobeCast.
The new channels are Phoenix North America (channel 1797), a Mandarin channel offering news and entertainment; Antenna (channel 1789), FiOS TV's first Greek channel, which offers a mix of programming including comedies, dramas, game shows and news; and YTN (channel 1761), the CNN news channel of Korea.
Phoenix North America will be sold along with CCTV4 (channel 1795) and CTI (channel 1796) in a new Chinese Mandarin package for $15.99 per month, while YTN (channel 1761) joins a new Korean package that also includes MBC (channel 1760) for $24.99 per month. Antenna will be sold by itself for $14.99 a month.
With the additions, FiOS TV subscribers now have access to 35 international channels covering 21 languages. The three new channels will be available in all FiOS TV markets by the end of the week.
"International programming on FiOS TV offers a world of diverse channels in a growing variety of languages," said Terry Denson, VP of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon, in a statement. "We are introducing our first Greek channel, along with new Korean and Mandarin channels, and delivering an expanding international offering with the amazing picture-and-sound quality that only FiOS delivers."
GlobeCast had previously signed a distribution deal with Verizon last year for international channels including Russian channel RTR Planeta, Romanian channels Pro TV and RSC1, and Portuguese channel RTPi, among others.
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WorldTV Channels Content Distribution Lineup
The channels below are distributed via the following WorldTV partners: AT&T U-Verse, Cox Hospitality, Frontier Communications & Verizon FiOS TV |
- Al Jazeera International (English)
- Antenna (Greek)
- Beijing TV (Mandarin)
- BN Bosnia (Bosnian)
- CCTV-Entertainment (Mandarin)
- China Movie (Mandarin)
- CTN (Cambodian)
- France24 (English)
- France24 (French)
- Gol TV (Spanish)
- Hunan TV (Mandarin)
- Kuwait TV (Arabic)
- NTV Hayat (Serbian)
- Phoenix InfoNews (Mandarin)
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- Phoenix North America (Mandarin)
- Pro TV (Romanian)
- Public TV of Armenia (Armenian)
- RSC 1 (Romanian)
- RTPi (Portuguese)
- RTR Planeta (Russian)
- Russia Today (English)
- SIC (Portuguese)
- TVE Internacional (Spanish)
- TVE News (Spanish)
- TVK (Cambodian)
- Vesti (Russian)
- YTN (Korean)
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