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Globecomm Systems Awarded Multi-Year Contract from Showtime Networks
Inc.
Other Topics:
IPTV Content
Platform
Globecomm Systems Inc.
January 25, 2008
Hauppauge, NY -- Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading
provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions
and services on a global basis, today announced that the Company's
wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation
(GNSC), has been awarded a multi-year contract from Showtime
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The contract supports the
origination and broadcasting of the Smithsonian Channel(TM), a new
high definition channel, as part of the SHOWTIME family of channels.
Globecomm also upgraded SHOWTIME 2, one of the existing Showtime
standard definition channels, to high definition as SHOWTIME
continues to evolve their content platform.
Pursuant to the agreement, Globecomm provides origination,
monitoring and uplink services for SHOWTIME. In addition, the
Company designed and constructed a state-of-the-art network
operations center and dedicated uplink facility at its world
headquarters in Hauppauge, NY, which is utilized to broadcast
SHOWTIME content to authorized sites throughout the United States.
Keith Hall, Vice President and General Manager of GNSC, said: "Globecomm's
customers continue to rely on us as they upgrade and expand their
broadcast capabilities. Our Hauppauge facility is evolving into a
major point-of-presence for next generation broadcasting."
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