Chello DMC Serves Food Lifestyle Channel 24Kitchen to the Netherlands
Amsterdam(11 Oct 2011)
Chello DMC has been selected to provide playout, delivery services and content management for a new Fox International Channel, 24Kitchen. The 24 hour food lifestyle channel launched in the Netherlands on Saturday 1 October.
24Kitchen is designed to promote healthy eating using fresh local and seasonal products; the programming covers everything related to the preparation of ‘honest food'. The shows will be presented by established chefs and new Dutch talent.
The channel will be made available to cable providers in the Netherlands through the Media Gateway in Hilversum.
Chello DMC plays out over 50 SD and 10 HD channels across 36 countries, in 16 audio languages across three continents. The launch of 24Kitchen will further add to Chello DMC's ever increasing portfolio of leading brands including National Geographic, SyFy, History Channel, MGM, JimJam and the Disney Channel.
Lukas Kernell, General Manager Thematic Channels at Chello DMC said: Chello DMC is proud to beworking as a technical partner to Fox for almost a decade now. We are very pleased toextend this relationship further with24Kitchen and deliver the channel's interesting content to Dutch TV audiences
Raymond van der Vliet at Fox International Channels, said: "Fox will be launching 24Kitchen in SD and HD in the Netherlands with a great mix of food-themed programming. 24Kitchen will inspire and motivate viewers to experiment and enjoy food. We're pleased to be working with Chello DMC to playout this mouth-watering TV channel."
About Chello DMC
Chello DMC is one of Europe's leading providers of channel playout services, TV distribution and content delivery for new media applications. The Amsterdam based advanced digital media facility specialises in multi-lingual and multi-platform broadcasting in standard and high definition.
Chello DMC currently transmits over 60 channels across continental Europe, the UK, Middle East, Asia and South Africa including National Geographic Television, , MGM, History Channel, Extreme Sports Channel, Zone Reality, Playboy and others.
Chello DMC is owned by Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, Inc. and a leading international media company & distributor of channels, content and video services.