LONDON—Red Bee Media has inked a multiyear deal with Fox Sports to provide master control room (MCR) services to broadcasters in the Netherlands, the company announced today.

“We are happy to have gained the confidence from Fox Sports in the Netherlands,” said Red Bee CEO Steve Nylund.

Fox Sports will provide international sports content to viewers via Red Bee’s multitenant IP-based Global MCR Platform in Hilversum, Netherlands. The company also will deliver mobile encoding kits for use at 38 football stadiums to deliver signals from the Dutch premier and second tier league as part of its contribution and distribution services, the company said.

Red Bee will provide two-way fiber connectivity between BT Tower in London, the Global MCR in Hilversum and other Red Bee hubs, as well as fully managed contribution services for Xee Denmark and ESPN Africa, it said. A direct connection between Dublin and Hilversum will also be setup for ESPN Africa commentary.

The company’s multitenant Global MCR Platform includes the latest software-based solutions for video networks, routing, processing, monitoring, reporting and distribution. Fox Sports will deliver all high-end sports content to its audiences via the platform, which offers the broadcaster the possibility of delivering content in 1080p and High Dynamic Range (HDR) quality.

With the MCR Booking office available 24/7, Red Bee will provide downlink and uplink capabilities from Hilversum and Stockholm.

“With our recently launched global IP-based MCR Platform in Hilversum and additional facilities in London, Paris and Stockholm, we have built a highly flexible and futureproof infrastructure that can manage all MCR, distribution and contribution needs for an evolving media and broadcast industry,” said Nylund.

More information is available on the Red Bee Media website.

BURBANK, Calif.—Disney+ will waste little time rolling out to international markets, as TVT’s sister publication Broadcasting & Cable has reported the Walt Disney Co.’s plans for its new streaming service. Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand will have access to Disney+ as of November, with it launching in Canada and the Netherlands the same day as in the U.S., Nov. 12, and Australia and New Zealand debuting it a week later on Nov. 19.

In addition to launch dates, Disney announced pricing in those countries. For Canada, the streaming service will cost $9.99 in Canadian dollars; €6.99 in the Netherlands; Australians will be able to sign up for $8.99 in Australia dollars; and $9.99 New Zealand dollars in that country. In the U.S., the service will cost $6.99.

Disney says that is has distribution deals with all major platforms to access Disney+ on mobile and connected TVs, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Xbox One, Sony Android-based TVs, PlayStation 4 and Roku players and TV models.

HILVERSUM, the Netherlands—Construction has been completed on a brand new data center for NEP, located at Media Park in the Netherlands. This new space, which is 700-m2 large, is fitted with standard IT and storage equipment and is capable of fitting broadcast systems holding more than 300 19-inch racks.

NEP uses its data centers as centralized locations for their services, which include production, post-production, augmented reality, OTT content distribution and playout. With this new data center, NEP kept construction under its own management, making sure that it is geared to its own specific requirements and bringing broadcast and IP technology into one space.

Construction on the new data center began a year ago, per NEP, following the securing of a few projects in the Netherlands and Europe.

One of the unique designs of the new data center is its goal to prevent blackouts. This was solved by having connections with the 10-kV high-voltage network in the Netherlands as well as NEP’s own redundant emergency power supply and cooling systems. “Nowhere in the chain do we rely on single-design equipment,” said Johan Bakker, NEP the Netherlands infrastructure manager. “We’re building a data center that can’t be broken, really.”