[Satellite Today 11-05-08] MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has chosen GlobeCast for the launch of its first international high definition service dedicated to music and kids, MTVNHD, GlobeCast announced Nov. 4.
    The 24-hour English-language MTVNHD service will initially be available in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden, with plans to expand to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela in the coming months.
GlobeCast receives MTVNI’s HD channel, along with five MTV channels in SD, via fibre at its Brookmans Park Technical Operations Center, where it is then uplinked to Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 6 satellite.
    Additionally, a number of channels have been switched from Hot Bird 6 to create capacity for MTVNI’s HD offering, including MTV Portugal which is now managed on GlobeCast’s new transponder on Eurobird 9, located at 9 degrees East.