eMedia Network

eMedia Network, Inc.

Type	Private company
Industry	Media
Founded	2005
Headquarters	San Diego, California
Key people	Chris Williams, President & CEO Karina Getzlaff, Vice President & CFO
Products	Ethnic broadcasting
Owner	Chris Williams
Website	eMedia Network

eMedia Network, Inc. (EWN) is an American-based media company that markets and distributes various international television and radio services to ethnic viewers in North America as well as Australia & New Zealand. It was founded in February 2005 and is based in San Diego, California. In establishing a strong foundation in these areas of business, EWN has teamed up with many of the world’s leading service providers, such as Ethnic Channels Group, STN - Satellite Telecommunication Network, Arqiva, Encompass and Globecast.

In 2015, EuroWorld Network underwent a corporate re-branding, the company was renamed eMedia Network.^[1]

Euro World Network logo

eMedia Network currently distributes 24 television channels and 10 radio stations catering to the following ethnic groups: Croatian, Dutch, Hungarian, Macedonian and Serbian.

Offices

Headquarters

• United States: San Diego
• Australia: Sydney

Sales offices

• Canada: Vancouver and Toronto
• Croatia: Zagreb
• Hungary: Budapest
• Serbia: Belgrade

Channels

Croatian

• Slika Hrvatske†
• Voice of Croatia†
• Kapital Network‡
• Klasik TV‡
• Nova World†
• RTL Televizija†
• Sportska TV‡
• Z1‡

Dutch

• BVN†
• RNW 1†
• RNW 2†
• RNW 3†
• RNW 5†
• RNW 6†
• RVi-1 (Belgium)†

Hungarian

• ATV‡
• Duna World†
• Echo TV‡
• Hír TV‡

Macedonian

• Alfa TV‡
• ERA TV‡
• MRT 1†
• MRT 2†
• MRT 3†

Serbian

• DM Sat‡
• Pink‡
• RTS Sat†
• Radio Belgrade†
• RTRS‡
• RTV 1‡
• RTV 2‡
• Soko TV‡

NOTE:

† - Available via Satellite & IPTV
‡ - Available via IPTV only

Availability

eMedia Network channels are distributed via satellite on the following platforms: Galaxy-19 at 97°W (North America coverage) and Optus D2 at 152° East (Australia and New Zealand coverage). In addition, eMedia Network operate its own IPTV platforms NEXTV America and NEXTV Australia, which were launched in partnership with Canadian ethnic broadcaster Ethnic Channels Group.

World Media International

On August 21, 2013, eMedia Network announced a partnership with Australian Pay-TV provider World Media International to create an IPTV platform for their services.^[2] Through this agreement EWN will distribute the following channels for WMI via IPTV:

• Arabic (Al Hayat TV 2, Al Kahera wa Al Nas, Al Jadeed, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Sports, Al Tahrir TV, ART Hekayat, ART Movies, ART Variety, BBC Arabic, Cima Channel, Future News, Future Television, Iqraa TV, MBC, Melody Arabia Murr Television, Noursat, OTV & Syria Drama)
• Greek (ANT1 Pacific & Greek Cinema)
• Italian (Mediaset Italia, Rai Italia & Rai News24)
• Polish (Toya TV, TV Trwam, TVP Info, TVP Polonia, TV Silesia)

See also

• Satellite Telecommunications Network
• Intelsat
• Irdeto
• Ethnic Channels Group
• Globecast Australia

References

1. Euro World Network renamed eMedia Network
2. World Media International and EURO World Network Deliver IPTV Television Solution to Viewers in Australia and New Zealand

External links

• eMedia Network official site