please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message globecast industry telecommunications broadcasting headquarters issy les moulineaux france key people christian pinon olivier barberot philippe bernard products media processing and transmission services for television broadcasters and content owners parent orange s.a. subsidiaries n tia website www.globecast.com globecast is a service company for the radio television and media industry providing solutions for media and content management aggregation formatting processing transmission and distribution . these contents are feeding various television and radio platforms direct broadcast satellite dbs digital terrestrial television dtt cable tv iptv tv for internet connected screens ott tv digital signage networks cinema theaters dcp and live events delivery . globecast is a key player in this industry serving the needs for top 100 television broadcasters in the world . globecast has an established presence in europe america asia africa middle east and australia through nineteen points of presence among them twelve satellite telecommunication teleports and technical operation centers all of them linked via an international terrestrial telecommunication network . the company is fully owned by orange . it is currently led by philippe bernard previous ceo was olivier barberot ; and before him christian pinon alain baget . in 2013 globecast changed its visual identity logo and its name lost the uppercase c former writing was globecast . contents 1 history 2 serte 3 digital cinema 4 world tv and myglobetv 5 references 5.1 external links history edit autumn 1996 in france activities of france telecom in the broadcast industry are split between two new entities division multimedia dmm and division des entreprises audiovisuelles dea . the dea is composed by the tdf t l diffusion de france company and direction des transmissions audiovisuelles dta . dta will then become known as globecast . the dea also covers the audiovisuel international avi marketing department of france telecom r seaux & services internationaux ftrsi ; the shares of the following companies 100 % of maxat uk 40 % of keystone usa and 20 % of tiba argentina ; the services of direction des op rations of tdf ; three operation centers of ftrsi tdf and the direction des r seaux nationaux drn ; the delegation of the image service which purpose was the promotion of the telecom 2 satellite . march 1997 the dta is organized around an international coordination entity dta worldwide and three business units dta france maxat and keystone now fully controlled by dea . dta also buys idb s assets managed by keystone since 1995 . april 1997 the corporate television activities of france c bles & radio subsidiary of france telecom are now part of dta . april 1997 the whole business activities are now operated under the brand name of globecast . september 1997 globecast asia is established in singapore and becomes a new sales office of globecast for the asian market . january 1998 globecast italia is the new office of globecast for serving the italian and swiss market thanks to the partnership with dominique curchod communication . february 1998 hero productions in miami usa is purchased by globecast . activities of this subsidiary are television production and transmission . after merging it with keystone the name is changed to globecast north america . june 1998 majority of shares of newsforce south africa are purchased by globecast . newsforce is well established on the south african markets with offices in australia and singapore . january 1999 globecast spain is incorporated in partnership with the spanish group mediapro . march 2000 globecast asia launches its full time monitoring center and opens its booking call center for handling the whole operations is asia . during the september 11th 2001 events in nyc usa this entity is at the center stage for all related activities for all the globecast group . june 2002 the dta division of france telecom is incorporated as globecast france sas and globecast holding giving birth to the globecast group . february 2003 globecast india is incorporated . february 2003 mediasat australia specialised in satellite television transmition is merged with the australian offices of globecast formerly newsforce giving birth to globecast australia . globecast has 50 % of shares . january 2006 globecast spain is merged with mediasat subsidiary of mediapro including activities of abertis telecom in the broadcast industry giving birth to overon . globecast has 12 % of overon who becomes its spanish partner . in january 2008 globecast sells all its share to mediapro . june 2008 globecast asia enhances its presence by purchasing pacific century matrix hong kong . it is the fifth office and technical operation center in asia after singapore new delhi beijin seoul . august 2008 n tia a software editor for radio automation and media management is purchased by globecast accelerating its transition toward the media management industry . april 2010 globecast cinema delivery is launched for the cinema theaters in france . it is a service to deliver digital cinema film copies to theaters via telecommunication networks . october 2010 globecast purchases from technicolor sa a television play out and post production center located in singapore . september 2012 globecast relaunches its ott tv over the top television allowing broadcasters and tv bouquet operators to target multiscreen internet television users all around the world . september 2013 globecast changes its visual identity with a new logo and a name writing without the capital c. june 2015 globecast australia became a wholly owned subsidiary of telstra australia 1 and in september 2015 was rebranded as telstra broadcast services . serte edit the technical operation center of globecast in paris france located at 61 rue des archives was long time known as serte . this name is still used sometimes by television professionals even outside france because it was used for many years . this technical center is a major routing node for television and radio feeds . the serte acronym used to refer to service d exploitation radio t l vision ext rieur in english foreign radio and television operation center . a brief history of serte 1947 creation of centre des liaisons radio lectriques clr 1962 first satellite transmission operated at clr 1980 clr becomes serte the national center then international for television and radio transmitions 1989 incorporation to the france t l com group since 1980 it is one of the prime international hub for television and radio transmitions either via satellite and terrestrial telecom networks 2002 globecast is incorporated including the technique operation center in paris rue des archives ex serte digital cinema edit in france globecast operates a service to deliver digital film copies dcp to theaters via terrestrial telecom networks . world tv and myglobetv edit in the usa globecast operated a television bouquet via satellite under the name world tv and an internet television bouquet under the name myglobetv . references edit telstra purchase of globecast australia concludes . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title globecast & oldid 697608329 categories direct broadcast satellite servicesorange s.a.telecommunications companies of francehidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2014all articles lacking sourcesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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