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PlayNetwork and Globecomm ink strategic alliance for media services

July 29, 2013

Branded entertainment company PlayNetwork recently announced a multiyear agreement with Globecomm allowing for PlayNetwork's custom music, video and digital signage solutions to be deployed through the Globecomm Tempo Media Platform.

The partnership enables PlayNetwork to provide its customers with a single platform that delivers high-quality, secure streaming of interactive live and on-demand video, the announcement said.

"PlayNetwork looks forward to working with Globecomm to present our media solutions to brands worldwide utilizing the Globecomm/Tempo platform," said Walt Tatum, VP of Sales at PlayNetwork. "Global brands desire a multifunctional-multisensory integrated media solution, and the Tempo platform architecture matched with PlayNetwork's custom branded entertainment is a true solution the markets been looking for."

Tempo is an enterprise media platform that allows organizations to create secure, private networks for their internal communications, employee training and digital display. The Tempo managed service can be distributed over corporate wide area networks, Internet content delivery networks and satellite networks, or be provisioned as a hybrid solution. With the integration of PlayNetwork's entertainment media solutions, Globecomm will offer a solution and experience to enterprise level customers that seek to engage users from any device and from any location, the companies said.

"We are very excited to be teaming with PlayNetwork," said Ed Behan, VP of Enterprise Services for Globecomm. "As media communications evolve toward single platform architectures, the coupling of PlayNetwork's ability to create a superior content user experience with the power of our Tempo platform to deliver a broad range of applications to viewers, everywhere, represents a compelling value proposition to the markets we serve."

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