GlobeCast plans Miami soundstage
$7 million center skedded for Q3 '99 construction
Project is part of a $50 million expansion in which GlobeCast will upgrade its facils in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., making them digital and HDTV-compatible.
Of that, $18 million is destined for Miami, where GlobeCast is the principal uplink site for cabler programmers beaming into Latin America.
An initial $7 million will be plowed into a new production studio, to be finished by third quarter 1999 and featuring a 19,000-square-foot soundstage, divisible into two and served by two control rooms.
GlobeCast North America CEO Bob Behar said the Miami expansion owes to an ongoing influx of Latino-directed cable programmers and satcasters into South Florida.
A further $11 million earmarked for Miami will be spent to tailor facils to customers' specific needs over the next three years, as demand dictates.
