GlobeCast World TV
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| Type | Division of GlobeCast |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Headquarters | New York, USA |
| Area served | USA |
| Products | Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| Owner(s) | France Télécom |
| Website | http://www.GlobeCastWTV.com |
GlobeCast World TV is a direct-to-home provider of free-to-air and Nagravision-encrypted ethnic television and audio channels via the Galaxy 19 satellite received in North America. GlobeCast World TV is a division of GlobeCast, which is owned by French telecom giant France Telecom.
In North America, the satellite broadcasts dozens of Arabic and Asian channels.
In Europe, the GlobeCast World TV service was officially launched in June 2007, but was discontinued in 2008. It was received via Intelsat 905 satellite and was providing a bouquet of ethnic TV channels from India and Pakistan.
It is the North American satellite television service that carries Al Jazeera English.
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[edit] Channel lineup
[edit] TV
Subscription services
- Amrita TV (India)
- Armenia Public TV (Armenian)
- Asianet USA (India- Malayalam)
- Asianet News (India- Malayalam)
- Asianet Plus (India- Malayalam)
- BN Music (Bosnia)
- BN TV (Bosnia)
- Bostel (US- Bosnian)
- Cambodian Television Network (CTN) (Cambodia)
- DFH (1-6) (Turkish)
- Duna World (Hungary)
- Eri-TV (Eritrea)
- Global Sports (Romanian)
- Pink Extra (Serbia)
- Pink Plus (Serbia)
- RSC (1-4) (US- Romanian)
- RTV21 Sat (Kosovo)
- Shalom TV (India- Malayalam)
- Tele 5 (Poland)
- TV1 (Bosnia)
- TV Klan (Albania)
- TVK (Cambodia)
- TV Polonia (Poland)
- TVP Info (Poland)
Free To Air
- 2M TV (Morocco)
- Abu Dhabi Sports 1 (UAE)
- Al Fady (US- Arabic)
- Al Forat (Iraq)
- Al-Iraqiya (Iraq)
- Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
- Al-Kass Sports Channel (Qatar)
- Al Maaref TV (Saudi Arabia)
- Al Maghribiya (Morocco)
- Al Quran Al Kareem TV
- Al Sierah Al Nabawiyah TV
- ARTN (US- Armenian/Russian)
- Ariana TV (Afghanistan)
- AzTV (Azerbaijan)
- Belarus TV (Belarusian)
- Canal Algérie (Algeria)
- CaspioNet (Kazakhstan)
- Cancao Nova TV (Brazil)
- CNC World English (China)
- DMC TV (Thailand)
- Ebru TV (USA)
- GuideUS TV (USA)
- iFilm (Iran)
- JN1 (Belgium)
- Jordan TV (Jordan)
- Kuwait Space Channel (Kuwaiti)
- LTV World (Lithuania)
- NTA International (Nigeria)
- Oman TV (Omani)
- ORTB (Benin)
- Palestinian Satellite Channel (Palestine)
- Press TV (Iran- in English)
- Qatar TV (Qatari)
- RT (Russia- in English)
- RTS 1 (Senegal)
- Samanyolu TV (Turkey)
- Saudi TV 1 (Saudi Arabia)
- Saudi TV 2 (Saudi Arabia)
- Sharjah TV (UAE)
- Simaye Azadi Iran National TV (Iranian)
- Sonshine TV (Philippines)
- Southern Sudan TV (Sudan)
- Sudan TV (Sudan)
- Syria TV (Syrian)
- Syria Drama (Syrian)
- Télé Congo (Congo)
- Telepace (Italy)
- Tele Padre Pio (Italy)
- TeleSUR (Venezuela)
- TV Oromiyaa (Ethiopia)
- TVR International (Romania)
- USArmenia TV (US- Armenian)
- Yemen TV (Yemen)
[edit] Radio
Subscription services
- BN Radio (Bosnia)
- BosTel Radio (Bosnia)
- Public Radio of Armenia (Armenian)
- DFH-FM 1 (US- Turkish)
- DFH-FM 2 (US- Turkish)
- Dimitsi Hafash (Eritrea)
- Kossuth Rádió (Hungary)
- Polskie Radio 1 (Poland)
- Polskie Radio 3 (Poland)
- RTV21 Radio (Kosovo)
- Radio Pink (Serbia)
- Radio Glas Drine (Bosnia)
- Radio Zara FM (Eritrea)
Free To Air
- Aden Radio (Yemen)
- Amrit Bani Radio (UK- Punjabi)
- Bahai Radio (Persian)
- Chaîne 1 (Algeria)
- Chaîne 3 (Algeria)
- Cancao Nova Radio (Brazil)
- DZAR Sonshine Radio (Philippines)
- Darbar Sahib (UK- Punjabi)
- Emirates FM (United Arab Emirates)
- ETV Radio (Ethiopia)
- Fútbol de Primera (US- Spanish)
- Oman Radio (Omani)
- ORTB Radio (Benin)
- Qatar Radio (Qatari)
- RMC Moyen-Orient (Morroco)
- Radio 2M (Morocco)
- Radio Congo (Congo)
- RFI (France)
- Radio Umdurman Holy Koran (Sudan)
- Radio Quran (Saudi Arabia)
- Radio Republica (Azerbaijan)
- Radio Senegal International (Senegalese)
- Radio Sout Al-Sha'ab (Syria)
- Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale (Tunisia)
- Republic of Iraq Radio (Iraqi)
- Sana'a Radio (Yemen)
- Program 1 (Saudi Arabia)
- Sharjah FM (United Arab Emirates)
- Sudan Radio (Sudanese)
- Syria Radio (Syrian)
As well as other FTA channels, that can be scanned for manually using the Frequency, Symbol Rate, and Polarization. That information can be found using the website; http://www.lyngsat.com/galaxy19.html
It is recommended that if you plan on loading the extra channels on your system, you contact GlobeCast Customer Support. This will reduce the possibility of loss of channels, or service issues.
[edit] 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; receivers for the Glorystar system, which also uses Galaxy 19, can also tune in the FTA channels if the viewer scans the channels manually.
For pay channels, GlobeCast provides subscribers with GlobeCast WorldTV-labeled DVB-S receivers.
Between 2006 and 2009, GlobeCast provided receivers of model SE830 made by Taiwanese company Eastern Electronics Co., Ltd.
From 2009, GlobeCast also provides receivers of model Arion AF-2500 made by a Korean company Arion Technology Inc.
From 2011, GlobeCast also provides receivers with built-in Digital Video Recorder, model ZDS-801N, made by Zinwell.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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