MUMBAI: France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast, which supplies satellite services for international sporting events, has announced a slew of new clients for its one-stop broadcast facility in Athens.

New clients that have signed up for Globecast's Olympic facilities include Sahara, Geo TV in Pakistan, CBS, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with John Stewart and Coca Cola Radio in the US; Australia's Channel 10 and Sky News Australia; Mexico's TV Azteca, Serbian BK TV; French channel Equidia and Dutch broadcaster NOS.

Under one roof, the Broadcast Base 2004 includes studios, work space, playout, conversion, stand up and mobile SNG, in addition to global satellite and fibre connectivity. This media centre for non-rights holders in the heart of Athens, which is just 400 metres from the Olympic Stadium, is offered in partnership with Greek Production company Stefi Productions and UK-based equipment supplier Gearhouse Broadcast.

Globecast is also now providing the Arabsat/ Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) bouquet of channels with encoding equipment, compression and a satellite uplink services from Athens. Globecast is also supplying Japanese broadcaster NHK with a short term lease on Hellasat.