[Satellite TODAY 10-18-11] GlobeCast has signed fashion broadcaster Fashion One TV to a capacity lease on the Astra satellite located at the 19.2 degrees East orbital slot covering Europe and Northern Africa, GlobeCast announced Oct. 17.

   GlobeCast will receive Fashion One’s signal in standard definition at its Paris teleport, where the signal will then be uplinked to the Astra satellite for reception by DTH viewers as well as by cable and DTT headends.

   Fashion One is an international fashion and entertainment channel founded in 2010. The network joins broadcasters France 24, TV 5 Monde and CCTV News on the Astra satellite, which has a footprint that covers an estimated 65 percent of the cable and satellite audience in Europe, including 42 million DTH homes, 55 million cable homes and 2.3 million DTT via satellite homes.