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Introducing MX1 TV Infrastructure

September 2017

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We shape content into the ultimate viewer experience for any device, anytime, anywhere

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With more premium sports, channels & content, the best action, the best entertainment & the best collections, we offer more choice, more quality & more global reach to our customers.

Experience more

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Every day MX1:

Distributes Manages

playout of

Syndicates

content to

Delivers Delivers

2,750+

TV channels500+

channels

120 VOD

platforms

8,000+

hoursof streaming video

500+

hoursof premium sports

& live events

Worldwide: ~600 Employees | 16 Offices | 5 Media Centres

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Content owners Platforms

Broadcasters/TV channels

Rights holders

Sports organisations

Online content creators

TV service providers/ distributors

Content aggregators

Optimised content management & distribution solutions to any

screen anywhere

Powerful value-added services

Innovative monetisation opportunities

Robust global networks

Proven cloud technologies

Cable/Satellite TV

Free to air

IPTV

Online video platforms

Mobile operators

Social media platforms

MX1

More entertainment, more innovation, more scalability, more impact

• Activates the entire media ecosystem for our customers

• Implements state-of-the-art media operations

• Merges the broadcast & digital worlds

• Creates new business models

• Innovates the consumer experience

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Together, we leverage our combined wealth of experience and expertise to offer the ultimate in viewer experience, global reach and speed to market.

Combining MX1 services & SES reach to deliver the best viewing experience across all devices

MX1 was formed in July 2016 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES (Euronext Paris & Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG).

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Owner and operator of the world’s largest satellite fleet

• 65 satellites covering 99% of the globe & world population

• 2 main verticals: SES Video & SES Networks

• The video vertical represents 70% of SES’s annual revenue

2000Employees

globally

50+Nationalities

20Locations

worldwide

EUR 2Billion annual

revenue

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SES Video by numbers

21Commercial

ultra HD

channels

2400+HD

channels

5000+SD

channels

SESSES

SES

7500+ channels

SES share of channels broadcast by satellite

18% 27% 43%

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Some of MX1’s clients…

MX1 Solutions

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Broadcaster solutions

Managing broadcaster content and delivering to anyone, on any screen

• Centralised media platform for converging content to broadcast, VOD & OTT platforms

• Transforms, localises & formats content for any screen & any market

• Channel management & playout

• VOD platforms, OTT solutions

• Best delivery solutions for broadcast

• Optimises content delivery over satellite, fibre & the Internet

• Turns broadcasting content into the best possible viewing experience

Customers include: + more…

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TV channel solutions

Wide-ranging solutions for managing 24/7 television channels

• Channel localisation to reach new markets

• Media asset management & archiving

• Complete 24/7 channel scheduling & management

• Advertising insertion – global & localised

• Adds live events into channel schedule

• Repurposes linear content for other platforms like VOD or online video

• Delivers to worldwide audiences via MX1’s global network

• Direct access to leading TV service providers


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Ethnic channel solutions

Reach expatriate audiences around the globe

• Maximises the value of culturally relevant content libraries & rights

• Creates branded channels for dedicated audiences

• Delivers to TV operators, DTH, web portals & applications

• Monetises content with subscriptions & targeted advertising

• Provides audience choice to view content they want to watch on any screen

• Connects to expats with a higher quality of video content than is currently available to viewers at home & online


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Religious channel solutions

Spread your message of hope, prayer, faith and The Gospel to a global audience

• Delivers digital video to billions of people worldwide over satellite, fibre & the Internet

• Packages content for broadcast, DTH, VOD & online (OTT) platforms

• Fully managed or self-managed 24/7 TV channel playout with value-added services including localisation (dubbing, subtitling), ad insertion & graphics

• Online video services enabling worldwide content streaming, further interaction with your followers, prayer requests & fundraising

• Holy Land productions – creating customised Gospel events or shows utilising our local production team

• Major Media Centres & customer support in USA, Europe & Israel

• Reaches more of the faithful, in more places


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Content owner, aggregator & rights holder solutions

Solutions to transform content for any platform, engage viewers globally and create content monetisation opportunities

• Application & platform, enabling the sales, management & customised packaging of content based on affiliate rights

• Packages content for live, broadcast, VOD & online (OTT) platforms

• Effective management & delivery of content to all rights licensees

• Metadata enhancements to allow for easier content discovery

• Direct access to leading TV & video platforms

• Viewer engagement tools to maximise the value of content globally

• Delivers content to the right audience on any screen with the best viewing experience


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Online platform & distributor solutions

Attract new audiences as an increasing number of viewers choose to consume content online

• Shapes content for online consumption – formatting, versioning, media asset management, storage

• Metadata generation & management to enhance content searchability

• Advanced online advertising & monetisation capabilities

• Backend & frontend online video platform services

• Viewer engagement tools

• Collection of viewer data & analytics

• Ultra-high capacity CDN for best viewing experience to the widest audience online


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TV service provider solutions

Broadcast, VOD and online solutions to provide subscribers and TV service provider audiences with the best possible viewing experience globally

• Manages content so it’s ready to be shared with subscribers & viewer base

• Live event operations

• Converges broadcast, VOD & OTT platform

• Monetisation capabilities like subscription & pay-per-view

• Channel origination & playout

• Delivers content to any TV service provider for any platform


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End-to-end, fully managed media service model

Between content creators and platforms operators, MX1 takes care of everything else

• Takes FULL RESPONSIBILITY for all technical, operational, logistical & distributional needs

• Invests in infrastructure & technology so you can STAY AHEAD of all the latest media trends

• COST-EFFECTIVE option – maximum capabilities with minimum investment

• Innovative media solutions that let you MONETISE YOUR CONTENT further

• HASSLE-FREE OPTION, leaving you free to focus on content creation & marketing

Featured Services

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Our services are provided through our innovative end-to-end media service platform, MX1 360, enabling leading media businesses to manage, deliver and monetise content from one centralised service platform, with full transparency and total control.

MX1’s unique service approach

End-to-end Optimum ROI Added valueAll your technical, operational,

logistical & distributional needs

taken care of. You focus on the

content, we do the rest.

Maximum capabilities

with minimum investment.

Innovative media solutions &

business models.

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Single centralised platform for managing, delivering and monetising content

• Highly scalable, flexible & agile

• Open architecture

• Hybrid cloud-based/on-premises

• Fully-managed or self-service model

• Best-in-class tools

• User-friendly dashboard

• Advanced monetisation tools

• Highest security standards

MX1 360 is setting a new standard for the industry

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• Inventory & asset management

• Content localisation & customisation

• Metadata management & curation

• Workflow monitoring & alerts

• Channel management & playout

• Optimised content distribution

• VOD packaging, validation & online delivery


• Value-added services

• In-depth analytics & business data

MX1 360 platform highlights

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Positioned at the core of MX1 360 are three corresponding service areas

Transform Accelerate Globalize

MX1 shapes and organises

your content so it’s ready to be

shared with the world in the

most powerful way possible

MX1 provides the tools and expertise to turn content into the ultimate viewer experience

MX1 brings the ultimate viewer experience to the largest possible audience

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Key service offerings

Transform Accelerate Globalize

Featured Services:

• Digitisation

• Localisation

• Secure archiving

• Content management

• Metadata management

• Production services

• Content preparation

• Webcast services

Featured Services:

• Advanced playout

• SmartCast playout

• VOD & catch-up TV services

• Hybrid video platform & OTT

• Monetisation

• Content protection

• Viewer engagement

• Analytics & recommendations

• Automated clipping

Featured Services:

• Global network

• Optimised global delivery

(via satellite, fibre & the Internet)

• IP delivery

• Global CDN

• Platform access

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Optimised delivery over satellite, fibre and the Internet

• Over 150 satellite platforms – with complete downlink/uplink & turnaround services

• Fibre connectivity to over 60 digital media hubs worldwide

• Direct connectivity to leading global TV service providers

• OTT content delivery

• Optimised hybrid satellite & IP distribution capabilities

Supporting every video format – SD, HD, 3D, Ultra HD, 4K…

MX1’s global network

Hybrid network optimising satellite, fibre & Internet delivery

Global Media Centres plus SES & Partner

Teleports

MX1’s global reach

Satellites covering

North AmericaAMC-3

AMC-4

AMC-8

AMC-9

AMC-10

AMC-11

AMC-15

AMC-18

AMC-21

Ciel-2

NSS-7

NSS-10

NSS-806

SES-1

SES-2

SES-3

SES-4

SES 6

EUTELSAT 113 WEST A

GALAXY 19

GALAXY 23

HISPASAT 30W-5

INTELSAT 21

INTELSAT 34

TELSTAR 12

Satellites covering

South AmericaAMC-4

AMC-10

AMC-21

NSS-7

NSS 10

NSS 806

SES-1

SES-3

SES-4

SES 6

EUTELSAT 113 WEST A

GALAXY 19

GALAXY 23

HISPASAT 30W-5

INTELSAT 21

TELSTAR 12

Satellites covering

EuropeASTRA 1KR

ASTRA 1L

ASTRA 1M

ASTRA 1N

ASTRA 2E

ASTRA 2F

ASTRA 2G

ASTRA 3B

ASTRA 4A

ASTRA 5B

MONACOSAT

NSS-7

NSS-10

NSS-12

NSS-806

SES-4

SES-5

SES-6

YAHSAT 1A

AMOS-2

AMOS-3

EUTELSAT 7B

EUTELSAT 9B

EUTELSAT 10A

EUTELSAT 16C

EUTELSAT 21B

EUTELSAT 36B

EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13

EXPRESS AM22

EXPRESS AM44

HELLAS SAT 2

HISPASAT 30W-5

INTELSAT 1W

INTELSAT 902

INTELSAT 20

TELSTAR 12

Satellites covering

ME & AfricaASTRA 2E

ASTRA 2F

ASTRA 2G

ASTRA 3B

ASTRA 4A

MONACOSAT

NSS-6

NSS-7

NSS-10

NSS-12

SES 4

SES-5

SES-8

YAHSAT 1A

ABS-2

AFRICASAT

AMOS-2

AMOS-3

APSTAR-7

ASIASAT 5

BADR-4

EUTELSAT 7 WEST A

EUTELSAT 21B

EUTELSAT 25B

EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13

EXPRESS AM44

HELLAS SAT 2

INTELSAT 15

INTELSAT 20

INTELSAT 28

INTELSAT 902

MEASAT-3A

TELSTAR 12

THAICOM 5

THAICOM 6 (AFRICACOM 1)

Satellites covering

RussiaASTRA 3B

ASTRA 4A

ASTRA 5B

MONACOSAT

NSS-6

NSS-12

SES-5

ABS-2

EXPRESS AM22

EUTELSAT 9B

EUTELSAT 36B

EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13

EXPRESS AM22

YAMAL 300K

Satellites covering

AsiaASTRA 3B

NSS-6

NSS-11

NSS-12

SES-5

SES-7

SES-8

SES-9

ABS-2

APSTAR 7

ASIASAT 4

ASIASAT 5

INTELSAT 20

MEASAT-3A

THAICOM 5

YAMAL 300K

Satellites covering

AustraliaNSS-6

SES-9

APSTAR 7

ASIASAT 4

ASIASAT 5

INTELSAT 20

MEASAT-3A

OPTUS D2

THAICOM 5

EuropeLATAMNorth America Africa & APAC

Direct connections to the world’s leading TV service platforms

IP delivery

Expand your reach with a reliable and secure method for distribution of

broadcast-quality content over the open Internet

• Proven & cost-effective

• Point to point & point to multi-point content distribution

• Main or backup feed for live sporting events for 24/7 TV channels

• Wide variety of formats

• Self-service, plug-and-play


Global playout services

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Tailored to suit your needs

Fully managed service

• TV channel origination as managed service for SD, HD, UHD incl. UHD HDR

• Ability to build & create sophisticated channels incl. 3D graphics, video & audio effects

• Unmatched reliability: expert team provides 24/7 monitoring, service & support

• Live content insertion & operation

SmartCast playout and localisation

• Cost-effective, cloud-based solution for playout & localisation of SD, HD & UHD

• Enables creation of TV channels with full control over your content, graphics & more

• Easy to set up & accessible from any location around the world (own or partner media hubs, platform head-ends or customer locations)

• Smart, cloud-based tools simplify the complete channel playout process


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Advanced playout

Tailored playout solution as managed service

• TV channel origination as managed service for SD, HD & UHD channels incl. UHD HDR

• Sophisticated 2D/3D graphics, audio & digital video effects (DVE) based on tools from market-leading manufacturers to create unique TV channel brand awareness

• Unmatched reliability & SLA: operated & monitored 24/7 by skilled team of experts

• Builds complete TV channels with archive content & live signals, adding advertising, metadata & advanced graphics

• MX1’s state-of-the-art Media Centres guarantee smooth & simplified operations

• Localises channel versioning for every market as managed solution or in combination with SmartCast solutions

MX1 manages playout of more than 500 channels.


SmartCast playout by MX1

Smart, cost-effective cloud-based playout and localization solution

• Enables the fast & easy creation of own TV channels in SD, HD & UHD, monitored & maintained by MX1

• Gives you full control over content, graphics & channels

• For any broadcast TV or OTT platform – deliver to your chosen audience

• All-in-one solution for media asset management, program scheduling incl. rules engine, advertising insertion, localization, graphics, metadata-based dynamic text overlay & more

• Easy to set up & accessible from anywhere in the world

• Playlist mirroring for affiliate sites with local programming, subtitling, audio, advertising & more


SmartCast playout by MX1

SmartCast playout includes cloud-based tools for:

Playlist monitoring Playlist editing Media Asset Management

Hybrid video platform

The all-in-one video solution

• Experts in building & supporting innovative hybrid video platforms

• Unique end-to-end platform for both DTH & OTT content distribution

• Reach every screen via satellite & OTT

• Simple, cost-effective, high-quality, future-proof & scalable

• Full 24/7 service offering

• Highly optimised content distribution, content management, advanced monetisation etc.

• Great user experience

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Hybrid video platform | Case study – bobbles.tv

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bobbles.tv is a pan-European pay

TV platform that was launched in

2016 designed to provide high

quality content to reach a non-

European expat audience living in

Europe. bobbles.tv wanted to

maximise the value of their vast

library of Asian content rights by

connecting Asian expats around

the world with a higher quality of

video content than was currently

available to viewers at home &

online.

MX1 offers a comprehensive solution to help bobbles.tv fully manage, deliver and monetise their content through a purpose built hybrid video platform. The solution includes:

• Hybrid video platform accessible on any screen

• Subscription-based platform

• Backend services

• Linear content through a direct-to-home (DTH) service

• OTT platform with timeshifting & catch-up capabilities

• Content management services

• Distribution services via satellite & content delivery network

Reach more people, on more devices

Turnkey solution or standalone services

• Content preparation & management for online video

• Live streaming services

• OVP services (backend & frontend) – subscriber management, apps, DRM, social media, advanced advertising tools, metadata management etc.

• Ultra-high capacity CDN

• 24/7 service & support

• Converges broadcast & online video into a single workflow


• Combines MX1’s services or third-party solutions to meet your needs

End-to-end online video services


VOD & catch-up TV services

We digitally prepare and manage your content so it’s ready to be viewed on demand or as required anywhere, on any screen, with the best possible viewing experience

• Content in any format

• Content processing

• Content management

• Metadata management

• Conditional access

• DRM

• Archiving

MX1 syndicates content to over 120 of the leading VOD platforms including:

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MX1’s digitisation services

Transform existing archived content into valuable digital assets like programming, TV channels, online or VOD content on any platform with a full digitisation solution

• Ingest, encoding/transcoding

• Future-proof film, early analogue or digital formats

• Enables digital distribution & monetisation of legacy content

• Metadata enablement for search, cataloguing & content discovery

• Formats content for delivery to any screen & any platform

• Enhances viewer experience

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Content localisation services

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Take your content further by attracting new viewers to create further monetisation

opportunities and adapt existing media, tailored for relevant markets

• Translation

• Voiceover & automated dubbing

• Subtitling

• Close-captioning

• Localised ad insertion

• Media conversion

• Tailored graphics

Secure archiving services

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Ensure your content is safe and secure with MX1’s secure archiving services

• Digitises & transfers assets from legacy formats

• Permanently stores a wide variety of file formats, readily accessible digitally

• Prepares, manages & delivers to any linear TV, VOD or online video platform

• Robust links to MX1 360 media platform allowing for web-based browsing of content

• Sophisticated APIs

Metadata management services

Complete and advanced metadata services to boost your content discovery,

searchability and cataloguing capabilities

• Full metadata packaging & platform validation

• Enhances content for any TV service provider, VOD platform, online video platform or other viewing platform

• MX1 360 media service platform – used to store metadata including title, tags, languages, version, genres, rights & restrictions, synopsis, keywords & more

• Boosts archive efficiency & content discovery

• Self-service tools or fully-managed solution

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Content preparation & management services

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Comprehensive content management solutions for the media industry:

• Manages content in any format, for any use

• Streamlines media workflows

• Enhances media with metadata, images, audio tracks, subtitles, etc.

• Fully managed or self-service

• Monitors, manages & enhances all media assets from one centralised platform – MX1 360

• Delivers media to any viewing platform

Complete content preparation solution for any media organisation:

• Restoration

• Telecine and/or digitising

• Colourising

• Output to any standard, any screen, any platform

• Converts archives of legacy content into monetisable video assets

Use Cases

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Use Case | FOX

FOX Networks Group develops,

produces & distributes 300+

premium entertainment & sports

brands to audiences in 45+

languages.

FOX looked for a global media

services provider servicing

different regions to maximise the

potential of FOX’s channels

worldwide & transmit live

coverage from top sporting

events for broadcast audiences;

also for adapting FOX content

from satellite and tailoring a

content offering to online

audiences in specific regions.

This solution is relevant for all broadcasters, TV channels, online platforms & content aggregators.

MX1 manages, delivers entertainment channels & premium sports to broadcast & online audiences

• End-to-end digital media services for the US, Europe, LATAM & MENA

• Content aggregation, processing & packaging for broadcast & online

• Content management & storage

• Channel management, scheduling & playout for FOX channels

• VOD packaging & delivery

• Content delivery over satellite & fibre

• Live services – global premium sports & live events aggregation & delivery, including NFL games

• Dedicated team of operational staff

Use Case | Discovery

MX1 brings popular media brands to TV audiences

• Content management & processing

• Playout of Pay-TV and free-to-air channels

• Content delivery via fibre & delivery to TV service providers

• Channel playout in SD/HD

• Local ad & event insertion

• 99.999% service standard

Discovery Networks distributes

localised TV channels including

the Discovery Channel, Animal

Planet, TLC, Science, Eurosport

& more to suit the needs of

audiences across more than 220

countries and territories.

Discovery sought the number one

media services provider, based

locally in Europe, with multi

lingual staff that has the capability

to provide the highest quality of

service & standards with proven

expertise to handle any request

efficiently.

This solution is relevant for all broadcasters, TV channels & content owners.

Use Case | National Geographic Earth Live

MX1 produces, aggregates & distributes live event to global audience

• Aggregating & processing live feeds from a number of wildlife locations around the globe

• Delivering 10 hours of tests & live feeds over the course of two days:

• Three feeds distributed directly on SES 4 from Africa

• Three feeds incoming from North America via SES satellites

• One complex feed, notably in Fiji, where divers followed a school of Bull Sharks in real time, receiving the feed on a boat & transmitting back to the studio via microwave, satellite and fibre

On July 9, 2017, National

Geographic shot Earth Live, a live

2-hour broadcast, allowing

viewers to watch for the first time

live wildlife, lit only by the moon,

in full colour, from key locations

across six continents.

Looked for a media services

partner to deliver the two hour

broadcast, taking content from

key locations from South America

to Asia and everywhere in

between with the ability to handle

the complexity of a live global

broadcast shot from multiple

locations worldwide.

This live solution is relevant for broadcasters, content aggregators, sports & news organisations.

Use Case | Turner

MX1 manages & delivers premium content to VOD & TV service providers

• MX1 offers a managed service to handle the complexities of content management & delivery. Each month, MX1 manages & delivers over 600 hours of movies & TV series in various formats for delivery to a wide variety of VOD & TV service providers. Solution includes:

• Acquisition, digitisation (ingest from multiple sources) & packaging of content in a wide range of formats

• VOD & catch-up TV platforms – management & delivery of content optimised for every platform

• Metadata management & full editing to facilitate better content discovery

• Linear playout & content delivery of multiple channels via satellite & fibre (HD + SD)

Turner Broadcasting System

EMEA distributes over 70

channels (incl. CNN International,

TNT Cartoon Network & more) in

multiple languages to more than

120 countries & territories across

Europe, Middle East & Africa.

As complexity grows for multi-

platform content management &

delivery, Turner required a

complete solution for digitisation,

editing, packaging & content

delivery services to TV service

providers, VOD & catch-up TV

platforms in multiple countries.

This solution is relevant for broadcasters, TV channels, content owners & aggregators.

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Key benefits

Experience

We transform content into the ultimate viewer experience

Reach

We reach the widest possible audience (delivery to any screen)

Monetisation

We amplify the value of the world’s media content

Flexibility

We offer full flexibility & scalability (proven cloud-based technologies)

Expertise

We have unrivalled expertise & a world class infrastructure

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• Moving first & fast

• Combination of track records, expertise & cultures

• Full spectrum credibility (tier 1, 2 & 3 customers)

• End-to-end: feature-rich, full-service, global

• Single stop, for many different services

• Continual innovation

For the first time, a complete offering

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For the first time the global media industry

has a partner that can truly serve its needs

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