SatBroadcasting™— Globecast Brings A World Of TV To Verizon

Verizon has launched three new channels from World TV that feature Korean, Mandarin, and Greek programming. With these additions, FiOS TV subscribers now have access to 35 international channels covering 20 languages. The three new channels will be available in all FiOS TV markets by the end of the week. Verizon FiOS TV’s new international programming consists of:

• YTN (channel 1761), the CNN news channel of Korea, which joins a new Korean package that also includes MBC (channel 1760) for $24.99 per month.
• Phoenix North America (channel 1797), a Mandarin channel offering news and entertainment, including programs like “Phoenix North America News” and “Experience America”; the channel joins CCTV4 (channel 1795) and CTI (channel 1796) in a new Chinese Mandarin package for $15.99 per month.
• Antenna (channel 1789), FiOS TV’s first Greek channel, featuring comedies, dramas, news, current affairs programs, game shows, entertainment programming and more for $14.99 per month.

The three new channels come from World TV, a division of content management and delivery company GlobeCast, which signed a distribution deal last year with Verizon for top-tier international channels, including Russian channel RTR Planeta, Romanian channels Pro TV and RSC1, Portuguese channel RTPi, and more.