Globecast Provides MTV Latin America with Full-service Production Package, Transmission Capabilities.
New GlobeCast Studios To Open By Early 2000, Feature Largest Sound Stage in South Florida at 28,800 Square Feet
Leading broadcast service supplier GlobeCast announced today that it has signed an agreement with MTV Latin America to provide a full service production package at GlobeCast's South Florida broadcast center, along with occasional transmission services, for the production of four shows over the next three months, according to Robert Behar, president and chief executive officer of GlobeCast America.
GlobeCast is the world's leading supplier of complete end-to-end video and audio production and transmission services, as well as the largest network origination provider in North and Latin America. In addition, GlobeCast is the only company of its kind in the U.S. to also offer in-house language conversion services. Since 1993, GlobeCast's fully digital South Florida broadcast center has serviced producers and programmers with expert state-of-the-art production, post production, mobile production and transmission services.
GlobeCast will provide MTV Latin America with studio space, lighting package, control room, production crew, dressing room, make-up room and office space for the production of 'Top 20,' a Latin American music countdown show; 'Conexin,' a computer interactive program; 'Hora Prima,' a variety show featuring original performances by top Latin artists; and 'Top 10,' a countdown of hit music from the U.S. Hispanic market. In addition, GlobeCast will service MTV Latin America with occasional transmissions to Latin America.
'We chose GlobeCast for these projects because the company offers a flexible and affordable solution for program production from the hot Latin entertainment market that is Miami,' said Gayle Depoli, executive in charge of production for MTV Latin America. 'GlobeCast's international broadcast complex in Miami combines full-service production with the added benefit of domestic and international transmission capabilities, which allows us to feed and receive programming from Latin America as well as our network operation center in New York.'
Other recent GlobeCast production customers include MGM Latin America, Telemundo, GEMS, TelefÚ, HTV, TV MartÝ and WSCV-TV/Miami.
GlobeCast To Inaugurate Expanded South Florida Offerings By Early 2000
GlobeCast is currently undergoing a seven million dollar expansion and upgrade of its South Florida facility.á By early 2000, GlobeCast will boast the most expansive broadcast center in the southern U.S., as well as the largest sound stage in South Florida at 28,800 square feet.á In addition, GlobeCast will add HDTV production and transmission capabilities, and high-end post production, to its comprehensive menu of end-to-end production and transmission services.
The new GlobeCast Studios will feature three combinable sound stages, one 140'x120' and two 100'x60', that together will form the largest studio space in South Florida.á This will allow GlobeCast to host large-scale productions, including feature films, soap operas, variety shows and live-audience shoots. Further, GlobeCast Studios will feature intelligent lighting, an on-site expendables department, four loading docks, easy access to staging areas and studios, on-site set building, green rooms, make-up rooms, dressing rooms, tape library, canteen and waiting room for studio audiences, as well as control rooms, post suites, the relocated language conversion division and office space.
Earlier this year, GlobeCast completed the purchase of 85,000 square feet of warehouse space on 6.5 acres of land adjacent to its current 70,000-square-foot South Florida facility. In September, the company will begin buildout of a new production center to accommodate production, post-production, language conversion and office facilities. This will allow for the expansion of network origination and transmission facilities in the existing structure.
By early 2000, GlobeCast will offer an approximately 200,000-square-foot broadcast complex on 8.5 acres of land with virtually unlimited capacity to originate networks.á In addition, the project will double GlobeCast's capabilities in every other area to meet the increasing production and transmission business flowing into South Florida.
Another $11 million is earmarked to custom-tailor the South Florida facilities to meet all of GlobeCast's customers' specific needs over the next three years.á The South Florida expansion and upgrade project is part of GlobeCast's $50 million plan to expand and upgrade its production and transmission capabilities across America over the next five years. A large portion of the $50 million investment will go to keep all of GlobeCast's facilities in America current with existing technologies.
'In 1993, GlobeCast's South Florida broadcast center led the way for U.S. broadcasters to enter the Latin American cable market. In 1999, we are leading our customers into the new millennium, offering them every possible standard and amenity to produce and deliver every kind of programming for the 21st Century,' Behar said.
GlobeCast Offers Production, Post Production in Washington, DC, Los Angeles
GlobeCast also offers production and post production facilities at its state-of-the-art video control center in Washington, DC, as well as two proprietary drop points from the U.S. Capitol to service the company's large customer base of domestic and international newsgathering organizations.
In Los Angeles, GlobeCast broke ground last month on a $7.5 million expansion and upgrade project at its broadcast center in Culver City. Scheduled for completion by year-end, the project will add an extra 6,000 square feet to GlobeCast's existing facility, including limited production and post production capabilities. The resulting facilities will allow customers to produce and transmit in DTV, HDTV and any of the emerging standards. Across America, GlobeCast provides custom-packaged turnkey services, including production, post production, language conversion, network origination, capacity and transmission, to a growing mix of customers including ABC, Paramount, ESPN, USA, Sci-Fi, Lifetime, MGM, Sony and Hallmark, and currently uplinks more than 130 full-time signals. In total, the company serves an impressive customer base that includes all of the continent's major broadcast networks, cable programmers, syndicators, sports leagues and newsgathering organizations.
GlobeCast offers domestic and global transmission services for video, audio, business television, multimedia and data, as well as full production, post production, language conversion and network origination services, and worldwide mobile production and SNG capabilities. The broadcast services unit of France Telecom (NYSE:FTE), one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, GlobeCast maintains capacity on a vast network of domestic and international satellites, hundreds of dedicated fiber circuits, microwave antennas, transportables and flyaways.
In America, GlobeCast operates four international teleports in Los Angeles, New York and Miami, a video control center in Washington DC, and regional offices in Boston and Salt Lake City.á For further information, please contact Robert Marking at 212-885-8732.
Leading broadcast service supplier GlobeCast announced today that it has signed an agreement with MTV Latin America to provide a full service production package at GlobeCast's South Florida broadcast center, along with occasional transmission services, for the production of four shows over the next three months, according to Robert Behar, president and chief executive officer of GlobeCast America.
GlobeCast is the world's leading supplier of complete end-to-end video and audio production and transmission services, as well as the largest network origination provider in North and Latin America. In addition, GlobeCast is the only company of its kind in the U.S. to also offer in-house language conversion services. Since 1993, GlobeCast's fully digital South Florida broadcast center has serviced producers and programmers with expert state-of-the-art production, post production, mobile production and transmission services.
GlobeCast will provide MTV Latin America with studio space, lighting package, control room, production crew, dressing room, make-up room and office space for the production of 'Top 20,' a Latin American music countdown show; 'Conexin,' a computer interactive program; 'Hora Prima,' a variety show featuring original performances by top Latin artists; and 'Top 10,' a countdown of hit music from the U.S. Hispanic market. In addition, GlobeCast will service MTV Latin America with occasional transmissions to Latin America.
'We chose GlobeCast for these projects because the company offers a flexible and affordable solution for program production from the hot Latin entertainment market that is Miami,' said Gayle Depoli, executive in charge of production for MTV Latin America. 'GlobeCast's international broadcast complex in Miami combines full-service production with the added benefit of domestic and international transmission capabilities, which allows us to feed and receive programming from Latin America as well as our network operation center in New York.'
Other recent GlobeCast production customers include MGM Latin America, Telemundo, GEMS, TelefÚ, HTV, TV MartÝ and WSCV-TV/Miami.
GlobeCast To Inaugurate Expanded South Florida Offerings By Early 2000
GlobeCast is currently undergoing a seven million dollar expansion and upgrade of its South Florida facility.á By early 2000, GlobeCast will boast the most expansive broadcast center in the southern U.S., as well as the largest sound stage in South Florida at 28,800 square feet.á In addition, GlobeCast will add HDTV production and transmission capabilities, and high-end post production, to its comprehensive menu of end-to-end production and transmission services.
The new GlobeCast Studios will feature three combinable sound stages, one 140'x120' and two 100'x60', that together will form the largest studio space in South Florida.á This will allow GlobeCast to host large-scale productions, including feature films, soap operas, variety shows and live-audience shoots. Further, GlobeCast Studios will feature intelligent lighting, an on-site expendables department, four loading docks, easy access to staging areas and studios, on-site set building, green rooms, make-up rooms, dressing rooms, tape library, canteen and waiting room for studio audiences, as well as control rooms, post suites, the relocated language conversion division and office space.
Earlier this year, GlobeCast completed the purchase of 85,000 square feet of warehouse space on 6.5 acres of land adjacent to its current 70,000-square-foot South Florida facility. In September, the company will begin buildout of a new production center to accommodate production, post-production, language conversion and office facilities. This will allow for the expansion of network origination and transmission facilities in the existing structure.
By early 2000, GlobeCast will offer an approximately 200,000-square-foot broadcast complex on 8.5 acres of land with virtually unlimited capacity to originate networks.á In addition, the project will double GlobeCast's capabilities in every other area to meet the increasing production and transmission business flowing into South Florida.
Another $11 million is earmarked to custom-tailor the South Florida facilities to meet all of GlobeCast's customers' specific needs over the next three years.á The South Florida expansion and upgrade project is part of GlobeCast's $50 million plan to expand and upgrade its production and transmission capabilities across America over the next five years. A large portion of the $50 million investment will go to keep all of GlobeCast's facilities in America current with existing technologies.
'In 1993, GlobeCast's South Florida broadcast center led the way for U.S. broadcasters to enter the Latin American cable market. In 1999, we are leading our customers into the new millennium, offering them every possible standard and amenity to produce and deliver every kind of programming for the 21st Century,' Behar said.
GlobeCast Offers Production, Post Production in Washington, DC, Los Angeles
GlobeCast also offers production and post production facilities at its state-of-the-art video control center in Washington, DC, as well as two proprietary drop points from the U.S. Capitol to service the company's large customer base of domestic and international newsgathering organizations.
In Los Angeles, GlobeCast broke ground last month on a $7.5 million expansion and upgrade project at its broadcast center in Culver City. Scheduled for completion by year-end, the project will add an extra 6,000 square feet to GlobeCast's existing facility, including limited production and post production capabilities. The resulting facilities will allow customers to produce and transmit in DTV, HDTV and any of the emerging standards. Across America, GlobeCast provides custom-packaged turnkey services, including production, post production, language conversion, network origination, capacity and transmission, to a growing mix of customers including ABC, Paramount, ESPN, USA, Sci-Fi, Lifetime, MGM, Sony and Hallmark, and currently uplinks more than 130 full-time signals. In total, the company serves an impressive customer base that includes all of the continent's major broadcast networks, cable programmers, syndicators, sports leagues and newsgathering organizations.
GlobeCast offers domestic and global transmission services for video, audio, business television, multimedia and data, as well as full production, post production, language conversion and network origination services, and worldwide mobile production and SNG capabilities. The broadcast services unit of France Telecom (NYSE:FTE), one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, GlobeCast maintains capacity on a vast network of domestic and international satellites, hundreds of dedicated fiber circuits, microwave antennas, transportables and flyaways.
In America, GlobeCast operates four international teleports in Los Angeles, New York and Miami, a video control center in Washington DC, and regional offices in Boston and Salt Lake City.á For further information, please contact Robert Marking at 212-885-8732.