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Albanian television moves to Home2US for
broad, fully-managed US delivery
August 13, 2008
Albanians living and working in the U.S.
can now stay in touch with their
homeland like never before.
Home2US, a leading provider of top
international television and radio
programming to ethnic audiences across
North America and beyond, today
announced it has added three premium
channels produced by Albania’s Top
Channel (TCH) to its rapidly expanding
direct-to-home lineup.
The Albanian
channel bouquet joining Home2US includes
Top Channel, which features news, news
analysis and entertainment. In
conjunction with its move to the Home2US
platform, Top Channel has introduced two
new channels to the U.S. market: Top
News, a 24/7 news channel, and Folk+, a
channel devoted to Albanian music and
movies. As part of the agreement
with Top Channel, Home2US is providing a
fully-managed U.S. distribution
solution, including unsurpassed
direct-to-home (DTH) expertise,
encryption, call center support,
billing, equipment provisioning,
warehousing, and installation, and other
end-to-end Pay-TV services.
The
highly-regarded programming content
featured on Top Channel is developed by
leading news journalists and
entertainment producers for an audience
of more than 7 million Albanians living
throughout Europe. Popular talk
shows, including Top Story and SHQIP,
and current news programs like Fiks Fare
are already favorites among hundreds of
thousands of Albanian Americans
interested in following events and
enjoying entertainment straight from
home.
“The addition
of Top Channel and its highly respected
team of journalists and overall
programming production quality to the
Home2US lineup represent a premium
expansion and a true win for Albanians
living and working throughout America,”
said Emrah Ozkan, president and CEO of
Home2US, noting the consistent growth of
his firm’s core DTH business aboard SES
AMERICOM’s AMC-4 satellite has opened
the door to new delivery options.
“Home2US enables Top Channel to reach
more Albanian households across the U.S.
than ever before with the most reliable
distribution platform in the world now
capable of delivering content over
broadband, satellite, cable, mobile, and
IPTV networks.”
“Top Channel
is dedicated to top quality news and
entertainment programming so it’s only
natural that we demand the best in our
distribution partner,” said Skerdi
Drenova, vice general manager, Top
Channel. “Home2US has quickly
become home to some of the finest, most
relevant international programming in
the world for widely diverse ethnic
audiences and the go-to distribution
platform for top global content.
Top Channel can now reach Albanians
virtually anywhere across America with
programming that matters most,” added
Drenova, who has signed a long-term
distribution agreement with Home2US.
“The growth
and breadth of the Home2US international
lineup makes it the clear DTH choice for
global content in the U.S.,” said Bryan
McGuirk, president of media and
enterprise solutions for SES AMERICOM.
“We now have the networks in place to
allow Home2US customers to get their
international programming on everything
from flat screen TVs to handheld mobile
devices.”
The Top
Channel lineup features a broad range of
news, sports, entertainment, and special
event programming, including Dẽjầ Vu, an
interactive discussion of social and
cultural trends, topics and concerns;
New Day, an informative daily morning
radio and television program; and Top
Story, a prime-time political talk show
widely viewed throughout Albania and
Europe. For more information about
Top Channel programming or the Home2US
lineup, visit home2US.com
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