RE'EM, Israel, August 3, 2010 /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, announced today that it has launched a new platform on
the Galaxy 19 (G-19) satellite that enables the distribution of
television and radio channels devoted to religious programming. The
new platform, together with RRsat's three other platforms already
operating on this satellite, will broadcast more than 50 religious
and ethnic TV and radio channels, reaching millions of homes across
the United States, and represents
a major step in RRsat's program to distribute content within the
Americas originating in the Americas.
The Galaxy 19 satellite, located at 97degreesW, is one of the
largest ethnic video platforms in the U.S. offering programmers and
content distributors access to millions of homes in the U.S. cable
community. RRsat has signed agreements with thirteen TV and radio
channels to be broadcast on its new Galaxy 19 platform directly
from RRsat's Hawley Teleport in Pennsylvania. Channels already launched
include the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN), which also
use RRsat's services for global distribution, the three Hope
channels: Hope Channel, Esperanza
TV, and Hope Church channel; and
Loma Linda Broadcasting Networks Inc., which broadcasts on Galaxy
19 in English, Arabic and Chinese and uses RRsat's distribution
services to North America,
Asia, Africa and Australia. 3ABN, LLBN and the Adventist
Television Network channels are all major Christian television and
radio networks in the United
States offering a full range of religious content and
programming. Their presence on this platform is representative of
the increase in content being distributed by RRsat's Hawley
Teleport in which both the source and the destination is
North America.
"Interest in religious programming and content is on the rise in
the United States," commented
Lior Rival, Vice President, Sales
and Marketing of RRsat. "By positioning ourselves as a provider of
global distribution for all types of religious content, we believe
we can further penetrate this important market and become a leading
distribution solution for this programming. Moreover, this launch
represents another significant step in our penetration of the
America-to-America market."
RRsat's customers are very pleased with the new platform and
have said the following:
"Three Angels Broadcasting Network is happy to include its
network for broadcasting on G-19 using RRsat." said Moses Primo of 3ABN "We've been using RRsat
satellite services for over 15 years and this G-19 coverage is just
what we needed to reach free-to-air (FTA) viewers from Canada, The United
States, and all the way down to Central America. For the last 25 years 3ABN
has reached people with programming aimed at mending broken people
and giving them a hope of a better life."
"Our recent launch on G-19 has opened up valuable markets for
LLBN in the Caribbean and
Latin America. Also, our LLBN
Arabic and LLBN Chinese networks are experiencing rapid growth
across G-19's North American Market." said Derrell Mundall, Vice President of Marketing,
LLBN International.
"SmartLifestyle TV is now providing health and lifestyle
programming to headends and FTA viewers from Canada to South
America on G-19."said Ganim
Hanna, President, SmartLifestyle TV " RRsat provides a
platform that has brought advertisers, programmers, and affiliates
to the door, and is making SmartLifestyle TV a household name in
the viewer market."
"The RRSat service for North
America is an appealing service," says Brad Thorp, President of the Hope Channel Inc
network, which currently operates ten unique channels, says. "We
also use RRSat for our service on Hotbird 6 and IS 10, and believe
the new RRSat platform will have special benefit to millions of
viewers in the Americas ."
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 provide
these services to more than 550 television and radio channels,
covering more than 150 countries. Visit the company's website
http://www.RRsat.com for more information.
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 our
business and the television and radio broadcasting industries,
including the growth of the market for religious content and
programming, (ii) our expectation to expand our client base and
sell additional services to our existing client base, (iii) our
ability to successfully integrate the teleports we acquired, (iv)
our ability to develop and commercialize the RRinternetTV service,
(v) our expectation to extend the average length of our contracts
in the future, (vi) our ability to develop, expand and
commercialize our HD Platform, (vii) our ability to report future
successes and (viii) our intention to distribute dividends in the
future and the size of any dividends declared. 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 our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more
details, please refer to our SEC filings and the amendments
thereto, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and our
Current Reports on Form 6-K.
The information in this press release concerning Three Angels
Broadcasting Network (3ABN) and Loma Linda Broadcasting Networks
Inc. (LLBN) has been provided to RRsat by such networks and has not
been independently verified by RRsat.
Company Contact Information: External Investor Relations Contacts:
Gil Efron, CFO Ehud Helft/ Porat Saar
Tel: +972-8-861-0000 CCG Investor Relations Israel
Email: investors@RRsat.com Tel: +1-646-233-2161
Email: rrsat@ccgisrael.com
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd