AMSTERDAM and RE'EM,
Israel, September 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Digital Media Centre (DMC), one of Europe's most advanced digital media
facilities, and RRsat (NASDAQ: RRST), a global communications
network, have announced a new partnership focused on offering
complete global playout and content delivery solutions.
DMC and RRsat have combined capabilities and hooked up their
networks, through a dedicated fibre connection, to offer a cost
effective, global playout and delivery service with a range of
advanced solutions. The alliance will combine DMC's world class
capabilities in multi-lingual, multi-territory playout solutions
with RRsat's outstanding global content management and distribution
services.
The partnership has been launched to satisfy the growing demand
from media companies and channel owners for a cost-efficient
centralised approach to reaching large audiences. The alliance
meets the need for localised content working with a single service
partner for comprehensive end to end delivery worldwide, including
disaster recovery and backup services.
DMC, launched in 2000, provides advanced playout, content
management, multi-territory and multi-lingual solutions. DMC
currently delivers over 60 HD and SD channels including History
Channel, National Geographic, MGM, E! and Fox. With a history of
innovation, DMC first launched a HD channel and full digital
delivery in 2006 and made its first 3D broadcast in 2010.
RRsat, a NASDAQ publicly traded company (RRST) based in
Israel, provides playout,
production and connectivity services for globally transmitted
channels. The RRsat Global Network offers extensive distribution
coverage currently provided to more than 550 channels including Fox
News and Sports, MGM, BabyTV, FashionTV and Nickelodeon using over
50 satellite platforms in more than 150 countries through its
teleport, satellite and fibre capacity to regions including
North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Robin Kroes, Vice President,
Commercial, Operations and Corporate Development at DMC, said: "As
the media industry becomes fully digitized, broadcasting without
geographical boundaries is now a reality. DMC has always been a
leader in the European market, offering its clients cost
competitive, multi-territory, multi-language playout solutions. We
are tremendously excited to now be working side by side with RRSAT
in a new, global broadcast service to take our offering to a global
scale. We believe that the bundling of our capabilities with
RRsat's leading fibre and satellite networks will deliver a
convenient, high quality, cost efficient service that clients will
find very appealing."
Lior Rival, Vice President, Sales
and Marketing at RRsat, commented: "Our strategy has been to build
an extensive content management and distribution network of fibre
and satellites to offer clients a global, one-stop service. We are
delighted to partner with DMC, a recognized leader in playout,
based in mainland Europe, to
continue to offer first class, global solutions together, with a
complementary focus and philosophy."
About The DMC
The Digital Media Centre (DMC) is one of Europe's leading providers of channel playout
services, TV distribution and content delivery for new media
applications. The Amsterdam-based
advanced digital-media facility specialises in multi-lingual and
multi-platform broadcasting in standard and high definition.
The DMC currently transmits more than 60 channels across
continental Europe, the UK Middle
East, Asia and South Africa including National Geographic
Television, E! Entertainment, MGM, History Channel, Extreme Sports
Channel, Zone Reality, Playboy and others.
The DMC is owned by Chellomedia, the European content division
of Liberty Global, Inc. and a leading international media company,
and distributor of channels, content, and video services.
For more information please visit
http://www.digitalmediacentre.com
For more information contact Braben on +44(0)20-7025-8021 or
DMC@braben.co.uk
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
www.RRsat.com for more information.
For more information please visit http://www.rrsat.com
For more information contact eclat on +441276-486000 or
RRsat@eclat.co.uk
Safe Harbor Statement for RRsat Global Communications Network
Ltd. 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
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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
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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.
Company Contact Information: External Investor Relations Contacts:
David Aber, CFO Ehud Helft/ Porat Saar
Tel: +972-8-861-0000 CCG Investor Relations Israel
Email: investors@RRsat.com Tel: +646-233-2161
Email: rrsat@ccgisrael.com
SOURCE ;
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd and The Digital Media
Centre (DMC)