But the scope for launching more branded global channels is limited.
Al-Jazeera International and Russia Today are among the English-language global news channels also set to launch in 2006.
In a recent interview, Eric Duffaut, President SAP Global Ecosystem and Channels, explained that SAP has realized that its historically insular culture needs some tempering.
Nokia Lumia users will also gain the ability to create personalized channels from a global catalogue of millions of tracks.
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Heineken will be able to provide product innovation, and it'll use Femsa's distribution channels to sell its global premium brands like Heineken Pilsener beer, Tiger and Star, and its know-how on segmenting a market into different target niches.
The channel, whose first program will be a news bulletin, will compete directly against Time Warner 's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) CNN International and BBC World, the two main global English-language satellite news channels.
Available from mid-December, LG will also welcome the addition of the Eurosport Player, which provides subscription access to live simulcasts of the Eurosport Channels, covering major global sporting events such as the Australian Open in January and 2013 Tour de France.
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It also sports Nokia Music introducing MixRadio, a free global music streaming application with hundreds of channels.
"From television, mobile, computer and tablet companies, to broadcast channels and digital content providers, the global demand for a high quality, native 3D programming pipeline has quickly become one of the most vital elements within the 3D ecosystem, " said Cosgrove.
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Nokia Music introduces MixRadio, a free, global, mobile music-streaming application that delivers 100s of channels of locally-relevant music.
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Information channels may not be as effective within vast, increasingly global, venture networks.
This is just one of the many internal and external communications channels we use to continually help our people build our global brand.
This means investment into organizational design on a global scale, establishing brand visibility, building worldwide supply chains and channels of distribution, and all of the rest of the complex set of activities that go into making a successful multinational corporation.
Through expansion overseas, they aim to gain access to new distribution channels, international managers, brand recognition and technological expertise in global markets.
Direct channels help airlines save significant commissions by skipping intermediaries like GDS (Global Distribution System) and online travel agencies.
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YouTube is gathering metrics on the channels' prospects before they even launch, said Robert Kyncl, Google's global head of content.
The big global firms certainly have invested in departments focused on brand-building and consumer engagement via the primary social channels (mostly prodded by their forward-thinking, marketing and measurement-driven clients at CPG companies).
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