RRSat Launches Global Internet TV
20 Avril 2009 - 3:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
OMER, Israel, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RRsat Global
Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST), a rapidly growing
provider of comprehensive content management and global
distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting
industries, today announced that it has joined forces with TVU
Networks to create RRsat Global Internet TV
(http://www.rrsatglobalinternet.tv/). This is a global, managed,
end-to-end TV service solution, which delivers TV from broadcasters
anywhere in the world to viewers throughout the world, for viewing
on television screens, PCs and mobile devices, using the
infrastructure of the Public Internet. RRsat brings to the solution
its global satellite-and-fiber TV communications network, and its
comprehensive content management and playout facilities. TVU brings
its service management system, video advertising platform and its
patent-pending RTR networking technology, which enables
highly-economical and reliable use of the Internet to deliver TV to
unlimited numbers of viewers RRsat Global Internet TV offers a
broad content platform to attract viewers from all over the globe,
providing content unavailable from local TV Operators, with viewing
on all three screens: TV set, PC and mobile phone. To Broadcasters,
RRsat Global Internet TV affords worldwide exposure through a
single global solution. The system also enables Broadcasters to
further monetize their channels via the service's integral ad
insertion system - which serves targeted, high-value advertising in
accordance with each Broadcaster's policy. David Rivel, Founder and
CEO of RRsat, commented: "We are proud to offer our broadcasting
customers an additional category of services, which affords them
easy access to audiences worldwide, exposure across all viewing
devices, and new revenue streams. We bring to this new service the
same responsiveness, quality and reliability that our customers
always expect and receive from RRsat. We are extremely happy to be
working with TVU networks, which provides high-reliability
operations and excellent technology." According to Paul Shen,
Founder and CEO of TVU Networks, "The service jointly created by
TVU Networks and RRSat is a unique one-stop shop for TV content
owners. RRsat Global Internet TV combines channel creation,
playout, ad cue-tone insertion, and delivery via satellite, fiber
optics and the Internet. With this service, broadcasters can reach
audiences anywhere on earth, and deliver a live TV signal to any
device, such as PC, Mac, Windows Mobile, iPhone and of course, the
TV." About RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. RRsat Global
Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST) provides global,
comprehensive, content management and distribution services to the
rapidly expanding television and radio broadcasting industries.
Through its proprietary "RRsat Global Network," composed of
satellite and terrestrial fiber optic transmission capacity and the
public Internet, RRsat is able to offer high-quality and flexible
global distribution services for content providers. RRsat's
comprehensive content management services include producing and
playing out TV content as well as providing satellite newsgathering
services (SNG). RRsat concurrently provides these services to more
than 500 television and radio channels, covering more than 150
countries. Visit the company's website http://www.rrsat.com/ for
more information. About TVU Networks TVU Networks,
http://www.tvunetworks.com/, offers a turnkey live Internet TV
broadcast platform that empowers broadcasters to reach an unlimited
global audience at a fixed low cost. At the core of the service is
TVU's patent-pending RPR television delivery technology, which
coupled with geo-filtering, subscription services and personalized
in-stream ad insertion tools, makes for a turnkey live Internet
broadcast, monetization and syndication platform for TV
broadcasters both professional and emerging. TVU enables live
Internet broadcasts from broadcasters' own websites, on partner
portals, and on TVU, reaching an audience of 30 million users from
200 countries on the PC and Mac, mobile phones, the iPhone, and
leading STBs. TVU also ships standard with HP MediaSmart on
consumer laptops worldwide. Safe Harbor Statement This press
release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including
statements regarding (i) the growth of RRsat's business and the
television and radio broadcasting industries, (ii) RRsat's ability
to develop and commercialize the RRsat Global Internet TV service,
(iii) the successful partnership of RRsat with TVU Networks, (iv)
RRsat's expectation to expand its client base and sell additional
services to its existing client base, (v) RRsat's ability to
successfully integrate the teleports it acquired, and (vi) RRsat's
ability to report future successes. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and
are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and
projections about the companies and the industry as of the date of
this press release. The company undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events
or circumstances, or to changes in its expectations, except as may
be required by law. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking
statements, including the risks indicated in RRsat's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details,
please refer to RRsat's SEC filings and the amendments thereto,
including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and its Current Reports on Form 6-K. Information
in this press release concerning TVU Networks and its operations
and services has not been independently verified by RRsat. RRsat
Contact Information: Gil Efron, CFO Tel: +972-8-861 0000 RRsat
External IR Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny Green Tel: +1-646-201-9246
TVU Networks Corp.: Mika Saitoh Tel: +1-415-517-5555 DATASOURCE:
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd CONTACT: RRsat Contact
Information: Gil Efron, CFO, Tel: +972-8-861 0000, . RRsat External
IR Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny Green, Tel: +1-646-201-9246, . TVU
Networks Corp.: Mika Saitoh, Tel: +1-415-517-5555,
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