British iTV Casino Goes Global
Published: Friday, January 21, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
BRIT iTV CASINO GOES GLOBAL
Satellite channels open up new markets with iTV Casino Gambling
The iTV casino Playmontecarlo will extend its reach into new geographical areas following an agreement this week with France Telecom satellite services subsidiary GlobeCast.
PlayMonteCarlo, from OpenTV subsidiary BettingCorp, will be available on BSkyB's platform, uplinked via Eurobird 28.5°E from GlobeCast's Brookman's Park teleport.
GlobeCast will also house the interactive servers that power PlayMonteCarlo's service. The servers will be controlled via a VPN, enabling remote access from PlayMonteCarlo's production centre in London.
PlayMonteCarlo is a fixed-odds games portal available on Channel 7 of Sky Digital's Interactive Main Menu (IMM). It is also available through the Sky Active and Sky BettingZone interactive portals. The 24-hour service offers a number of fixed-odds games such as roulette, slots, keno and dice in both play-for-fun or play-for-real-money modes.
Globecast now delivers more than 500 channels worldwide and many of these are looking to expand into new territories. The company is one of the top satellite services companies, operating a global network of satellite distribution platforms for broadcast on five continents, accessible through 15 teleports and technical operation centres in the world's leading media hubs.
