Real Madrid TV on Sky digital platform

Spanish Real Madrid will deliver its TV service in an English language format, follwong a deal with content management and delivery company GlobeCast.

Real Madrid TV will be sent to Sky's digital platform using GlobeCast's capacity on the Eurobird satellite.

The goal for the club is to raise a fan base in the UK and Ireland with Real Madrid football matches, news, player and coach interviews. Included will be news and profiles from the club's basketball team.

GlobeCast, which has teamed with other organizations to deliver Real Madrid TV to Asia, the Middle East and various sections of Europe, offered a unique solution for the station to find its niche in the UK. A satellite downlink of the channel from the Hotbird satellite to GlobeCast's London Technical Operations Centre, where the signals are uplinked to the Sky Digital platform via the Eurobird satellite at 28.5ºE, will suffice.

Its addition to the Eurobird platform means that the broadcaster will join over 50 video and 11 radio channels on the platform, including major television broadcasters such as EuroNews, Abu Dhabi TV, Extreme Sports, CCTV 9 and Audi TV, among others.

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