Solaris Broadcasting Corporation
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The Solaris Broadcasting Corporation is a holovid news and entertainment agency located on the Lyran Commonwealth world of Solaris VII. SBC is almost entirely focused on the gladiatorial Solaris Games and is the primary holovid source for the games for the Inner Sphere and beyond. [1] [2]
Company Profile
Home Office: International Zone, Solaris City, Solaris VII[1] [2]
President/CEO: Donald Torrent (Circa 3067)[1]
Overview
Originally centered around the main drawcard arenas of Solaris City, SBC eventually expanded its focus, first covering fighting at "off-circuit" venues on Solaris and other such Game Worlds, before moving onto broadcasting the fighting on the front lines. The company has steadily developed into its own news service, giving even the vaunted Donegal Broadcasting Company a run for its money. [1] The Solaris Broadcasting Corporation also leases its state of the art and LosTech enhanced facilities as a production center for other non-Solarian broadcasting entities to edit and re-transmit the daily 'Mech fights for their own networks, a service the company charges a premium for. [2]
As of 3053 SBC's superstar was ace correspondent Barbara Emerson, with her in-depth exposes on crime and corruption in the Game World earning her equal numbers of friends and enemies on Solaris. Reports by Emerson directly linking the yakuza and the management of the Ishiyama arena spawned rumours that the yakuza would retaliate, with SBC doubling security to ensure it star was kept safe.[2]
By the conclusion of the FedCom Civil War, the Solaris Broadcasting Corporation planned to move further into the mainstream with plans to add a new line of daytime and evening holodramas to the company's broadcasting lineup after it acquired the smaller Xolara-based OGS Productions whose hit series The Sterling Hawks and The Scarlet Brand who noted for offering viewers a dramatic new look at the boom and bust of Solaris VII's minor stables. [1]
During the Word of Blake Jihad the Solaris Broadcasting Corporation would show classic episodes of Tharkad Broadcasting Corporation's beloved "The Steinhearts" in response to technical difficulties and to pad out its broadcast schedule during the Blakist occupation of Solaris VII. [3] [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 120 "Media and the Arts - Solaris Broadcasting Corporation"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Solaris VII: The Game World - Player's Book", p. 24 "International Zone - Information"
- ↑ Dawn of the Jihad, p.49 "Burning First - Retraction"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p.29 "Alliance in Turmoil - The Show Must Go On!"