Network Origination, Satellite and Fiber Uplinking and Master Control

Network Origination & Distribution

Firestone provides its clients with access to cable and satellite audiences with its 24/7 network origination facility. Origination is one of Firestone's core services, providing master control and delivery of video programming using an optimal combination of high-performance fiber optic, satellite, Internet protocol, and conventional delivery methods to reach cable and satellite audiences.

Shared Transport

In today's digital environment, cable operators favor networks that are strategically clustered together on a single transponder for maximum cost efficiency. Firestone is building a "pod" of services that cable operators can receive without requiring a cherry picker, dramatically enhancing its client's distribution opportunities by providing operators with a cost-effective alternative.

• Satellite uplink
• Downlink antennas
• Fiber delivery
• SeaChange media servers
• Sundance FastBreak automation
• Orion^TM traffic system
• 3.7 Meter C-band antenna
• 8 broadcast channel uplink capacity
• Fully digital system
• PowerVu Plus Encoders
• Domestic or International transport of signal
• MPEG 2 and DVB formats
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) master control operators
• Two production studios

As the first network dedicated to America's Hispanic children, ¡SORPRESA! speaks to its young audience in Spanish and is distributed nationally on major cable systems. Around-the-clock programming features award winning animation, educational series, variety and the nation's only "teen novela."
America One is a 24-hour broadcast network that provides Western, equestrian and homeland values programming to more than 20 million households via 123 broadcast affiliate stations located in 40 states. It's the first network built by and for people who are passionate about America.	Documentary Channel was created as a home for independent documentary filmmakers. The Channel taps into the vast pool of documentaries that have been previously unviewed by the public. The Channel strives for the highest quality and seeks to air the personal works of the most talented documentary filmmakers. They exhibit docs that are rare, edgy, personal, difficult in terms of subject matter, and "un-commercial".