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The channel was formerly known as Public Russian Television, or
ORT and was claimed to be viewed by approximately 200 million local
people. The Russian government owns 51 per cent of the broadcaster.
Channel One will now be distributed to home cable viewers across
the US via International Channel Networks (ICN) based in Centennial,
Colorado.
Till now, AMNS provides international downlink, programme integration,
time delay and server play-out for Channel One from its London facility.
Henceforth, with AMNS' transatlantic fibre, the signal will be transmitted
to the company's switching centre in New York where it will be routed
to Intelsat's GlobalConnex infrastructure for delivery, an Intelsat
company release stated.
Content will be carried out of Moscow over the Intelsat satellite
at 342șE, downlinked at Intelsat's teleport in Germany, and transported
via leased fibre facilities to Denver. At that point, ICN will re-package
the content and oversee its distribution and marketing among US
cable systems.
ICN reaches 13 million households in the US, hosting 24 hours of
programming in 20 languages on its main channel and 14 premium channels.
The release quoted AMNS' senior vice president of global operations,
Frank Luperella as saying, "Ascent Media's full service capabilities
and strong vendor relationships make us the ideal solution for ORT.
In bringing Russian news and entertainment content to the US market,
we're pleased to have the ability to collaborate with a company
like Intelsat. The vast extent and flexibility of the Intelsat infrastructure
allowed for the quick and easy execution of this project."
Intelsat's president of media and entertainment - business unit,
Jon Romm, was also quoted saying, "Companies wishing to distribute
their content locally, regionally or internationally will find that
Intelsat has made distribution quick, easy and very accessible.
A solution like this one, with smart utilization of the right facilities
to provide a more affordable solution, really demonstrates the breadth
and capability of both Intelsat's and Ascent Media's networks."
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