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EUROSPORT and EUROSPORT 2 available for audiences on Bonaire and soon other Caribbean countries
As of the 22nd of September 2008 Eurosport and Eurosport 2 are available on the IPTV service, “MiTV”, of Telefonia Bonairiano NV (a.k.a. Telbo) on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, and negotiations with other operators on Aruba, Curacao, St.Maarten, Statia and Saba are pending. The 1st IPTV platform in the region is also the 1st to carry the Eurosport channels. The platform has been deployed by the partnership of Manycast Consultancy inc., Savant Communications N.V. and Telefonia Bonairiano N.V. This partnership is also the “architect” of the unique distribution project that has been initiated for streaming TV channels from Europe to the Caribbean and South/Central America. The first phase of channels retrieved via Optical Submarine Cable in this regard have been Eurosport, Eurosport 2 and the Dutch Public services, Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3 for audiences in the Dutch speaking Antilles. A new entity, Manycast Multiple Distribution Platform Bonaire (a.k.a. MMDPB) registered by Manycast Consultancy and Savant Communications will take charge of distribution of these unique European digital TV channels (and soon others) to the rest of the region from the established platform on Bonaire after new carriage agreements have been concluded. Manycast Consultancy inc. has been appointed by Eurosport as agent for the region as off May 2008. Manycast Consultancy Inc. is the leading provider of content, strategy and marketing consultancy services in the Americas. Whether clients want to acquire, manage or deliver the best possible content to their customers, or find new ways to take a product to market, Manycast Consultancy can offer powerful strategic solutions. It has successfully launched content and delivered strategies to cable operators, telecom operators and ISP’s internationally. MMDPB is the new service and technology platform developed by Manycast Consultancy inc. and Savant Communications. The new company facilitates turnkey technology & content solutions and distribution of digital television and streaming services to ISP’s, Cable, Mobile operators and the Hospitality Market in the Caribbean and South/Central America. Content owners can easily inject their content into various Web and Wap portals as well as offer their services directly to consumers; any service@anytime@any device. Operators will be able to roll out triple play services more easily and the hospitality market to roll out In-Room Entertainment and Guest Services. The Eurosport Group is the leading sports multimedia platform in Europe. Eurosport, the n°1 pan-European TV channel, is transmitted in 20 languages reaching 114 million homes and 240 million viewers across 59 countries. Eurosport 2, the new generation sports channel, broadcasts to 32 million households in 11 languages across 46 countries. Eurosport Asia-Pacific, launched in 2006, already reaches 10 countries in the region. Eurosport Network of websites is Europe’s n°1 online sports destination, with 7.6 million unique visitors per month across all 8 websites, including four co-branded sites with Yahoo! (uk, .it, .de, .es) and dedicated sites in France, Russia, Sweden and China. Eurosportnews provides up-to-date worldwide sports news transmitted worldwide. Eurosport Mobile offers Live streaming, WAP & I-Mod services with breaking sports news and results. Eurosport Events is the group’s expert division in the organisation, management and promotion of international sporting events.
