GlobeCast World TV was a television via satellite service received in North America via the
Galaxy 19 satellite, providing ethnic television and audio channels. It was a service by
Globecast, a subsidiary of
Orange. In North America, the satellite broadcasts dozens of Arabic and Asian channels.
The direct-to-home service was providing
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
and
Nagravision-encrypted channels. The pay TV service was shut down at the end of 2013, but the free-to-air channels remain available on Galaxy 19. The brand World TV and the associated web site are now terminated.
In Europe, the GlobeCast World TV service was officially launched in June 2007, but was discontinued in 2008. It was received via
Intelsat
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905 satellite and was providing a bouquet of ethnic TV channels from India and Pakistan.
Also, in 2012 and 2013,
Globecast operated MyGlobeTV, a set of Internet-delivered pay-TV ethnic packages to connected devices: Netgem Internet set-top-box, iOS and Android devices.
Reception equipment
Free-to-air channels on
Galaxy 19 can be received in most parts of the United States, including Hawaii and southern Canada with a 75 cm (30") diameter dish and any MPEG-2 DVB compliant free-to-air receiver.
Satellite receivers for the
Glorystar system, which also uses Galaxy 19, can also tune in the FTA channels if the viewer scans the channels manually.
In converse, Glorystar channels, as well as other FTA channels on Galaxy 19, can be tuned with a GlobeCast receiver, if one knows the specific details, such as frequency, symbol rate, and polarization, obtainable from sources such a
Lyngsat
For pay channels, GlobeCast used to provide subscribers with GlobeCast WorldTV-labeled
DVB-S
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receivers.
Between 2006 and 2009, GlobeCast provided receivers of model SE830 made by Taiwanese company Eastern Electronics Co., Ltd.
From 2009, GlobeCast also provided receivers of model Arion AF-2500 made by a Korean company Arion Technology Inc.
From 2011, GlobeCast also provided receivers with built-in
Digital Video Recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR) is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. The term includes set-top boxes with direct to ...
, model ZDS-801N, made by Zinwell.
MyGlobeTV
In 2012, Globecast also began launching a direct to home alternative to satellite distribution through an
OTT IPTV service calle
MyGlobeTVusing the NetGem N8200 set top box. The MyGlobeTV service was discontinued in December 2013.
See also
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Globecast
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Orange S.A.
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Galaxy 19
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Dish Network
DISH Network Corporation (DISH, an acronym for DIgital Sky Highway) is an American television provider and the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, commonly known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling ...
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DirecTV
DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. I ...
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FTA Receiver
References
External links
GlobeCast World TV AmericaGlobeCast corporationGlobeCast biss key
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Direct broadcast satellite services
Orange S.A.