Las Vegas, NV, April 13, 2010 – DG FastChannel Inc. (www.dgfastchannel.com, NASDAQ: DGIT), a leading provider of digital media services to the advertising, entertainment and broadcast industries, today became North America’s largest platform for the electronic delivery of broadcast advertising and syndicated content in HD following the launch of its Canadian distribution network and broadening of its Canadian services to include digital delivery of HD commercials.
The network upgrade enables both Canadian and U.S.-based advertisers, advertising agencies and production companies to electronically deliver HD and SD content to more than 96 percent of Canada’s television stations and broadcast networks, and more than 4,000 U.S. broadcast destinations.
“DG FastChannel is committed to expanding the reach of its 100 percent digital distribution model and providing the industry with the advantages of a streamlined file-based workflow,” said Scott Ginsburg, Chairman and CEO, DG FastChannel. “Our clients benefit by DG FastChannel being the largest HD electronic delivery platform in North America. They will all experience a more streamlined order entry and digital asset management processes, and our Canadian customers will now have a stronger suite of services and dedicated 24/7 customer support at their disposal.”
DG FastChannel’s customer support team will be working with Canadian station managers throughout the upgrade process to ensure that they have uninterrupted service and access to spots distributed over the DG FastChannel network.
DG FastChannel’s end-to-end digital distribution service is already being used by premier advertisers, agencies and post production facilities throughout the U.S., while Canadian customers have been using their distribution platform as FastChannel Canada since 2005.
"With the continued move to file based delivery and a greater amount of HD content, we are very excited about the release of DG FastChannel's HD server. This new server will allow us to receive high quality HD material from a proven digital distributor," said Dan Gold of Global Television.
Mike Heninger of CKXT-TV (Sun TV), Toronto, also commented: "DG FastChannel has provided exceptional service and support with their standard definition service in the past; we're excited at the prospect of integrating the new high definition DG FastChannel workflow at our facility."
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