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CHOGM will be held in Perth, Western Australia, from October 28 to 30, and GlobeCast Australia is proud to be Host Broadcaster 2011. Delegates from 53 Commonwealth countries will attend the annual symposium, which will include a visit by Queen Elizabeth. A schedule of political, cultural and entertainment events will be professionally produced. The coverage will then be distributed worldwide on GlobeCast Australia’s network of satellites and fibres. GlobeCast Australia’s team is standing by to assist broadcasters on all continents to plan and deliver live coverage, pool feeds and unilateral requirements.

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GlobeCast Australia brings previous expertise on major global events to its service provision, including Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010, Asia Pacific Forum 2009 and APEC 2007.

Kim Clijsters Australian Open Women's Champion 2011

GlobeCast Australia has started 2011 with a record level of live global transmissions. The records being set range across sport, entertainment and news events. Global delivery of dramatic Australian floods and cyclone footage occurred to more than 20 key broadcasters; the Christchurch Earthquake coverage also went live globally; and an enormous slate of live sport and entertainment is underway, making it the Broadcast Services provider’s biggest ever start to a year. Apart from Occasional Use, the growth is also due to the committed global carriage of full time channels: Direct to Home (DTH), Free To Air Broadcast and Subscription Television channels. There is increased interest in both HD and 16:9 requirements for full-time channels; and as Australia’s leading DTH operator the Company is impressed by the dedication of global operators to continue discussing expansion of their offerings in this region. Growth in multi-channelling including specialty channels and their spin offs, along with new methods of reaching and entertaining audiences are all pushing demand for bandwidth. Audiences with sophisticated home entertainment systems now expect live coverage in high quality audio and video.

Super 15 Rugby - Crusaders v Waratahs

Rugby Union’s iconic southern hemisphere competition runs from February to May, after an historic first night match featuring brand new team, the Melbourne Rebels.

It’s Super 15 time ... fifteen teams, three countries of origin, millions of viewers internationally and for the first time in 2011, the Rebels as a 15th team and more action in High Definition with GlobeCast Australia. Super 15 is the only sporting tournament in the world that is played across so many different time zones, around Australia, in New Zealand and South Africa. But viewer interest in the showdowns extends further, as far as Europe and the Middle East. In 2011, from Friday February 18 when teams including the debutante Rebels run on to fields, GlobeCast Australia will be moving the action live around the Globe. Client networks through until May include BSkyB UK, Sky New Zealand, FOX Sports, Fiji TV, JSports Japan, MNet South Africa, Sky Italia and the Australia Network across Asia to India.

Volunteers remove flood debris from houses

News Networks at home and abroad relied on GlobeCast Australia's global network to deliver live coverage of the unfolding flood disaster across the East Coast of Australia, and then the devastating Cyclone Yasi. Authorities confirmed more than 20 deaths in Queensland in one week alone as the worst chapter of this Summer Flood Emergency occurred; and flooding spread to New South Wales and Victoria. Broadcasters across Europe, Asia, the US and of course Australia, were booking via GlobeCast Australia’s Optus and AsiaSat satellite leases and on its global fibre. Brisbane and surrounds suffered the worst flooding in almost 40 years, and parts of Victoria were experiencing a “once in 200 years” flood event. The latest disasters follow weeks of devastating flooding across Southern and Central Queensland. Flood Disaster coverage was transmitted live globally by GlobeCast Australia fibre, including from ABC-TV to RTL Germany and from the Nine Network to BSkyB News London. APTN London took fibre feeds from both the ABC and Seven. Other global networks booking with us included CNN, Fox News New York, CCTV China, ARD Germany, Orf Vienna, Channel 2 Israel, TV Asahi Japan, ITN and Reuters. At home, Network TEN was drawing on its GlobeCast Australia provisioned satellite lease and ad hoc bookings; whilst ABC News 24 was being transmitted live in HD to FOXTEL and Austar.