REEM, Israel, October 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RRsat
Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading
provider of comprehensive content management and global
distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting
industries, announced today that it will be providing uplink,
playout and connectivity services for the widely-viewed Fashion TV
Paris High Definition channel, FTV HD, which will now be available
in full HD 1080i@50 format on RRsat's satellite platform on
Intelsat-805 with broad distribution over North, Central and
South America.
Michel Adam, the President and
CEO of Fashion TV, said, "Our exciting FTV HD channel joins our
popular FTV SD version available on RRsat's IS 805 DTH platform
since 2003. This premier offering to the growing Latin American
market is perfect for those viewers seeking the newest and hottest
fashion programming in a premier viewing experience and is expected
to play a significant role in increasing to over 16 million the
connected homes already reached by FTV together with Turner Latin in South
America, Central America
and the Caribbean. With RRsat, we
know that we are guaranteed robustness and quality of service; we
now distribute in 193 countries to over 350 million households
originating from the RRsat Global Network."
"We are proud to announce the launch of FTV HD on RRsat's IS 805
DTH platform," commented David
Rivel, CEO and Founder of RRsat. "Fashion TV has now chosen
RRsat to distribute four of its advanced HD channels comprising FTV
HD, over North America and to DISH
Network, FTV's High Definition channel to Asia, Australia, via Asiasat-5 satellite, and to
Europe, Middle East and Africa via EuroBird-9 satellite. This new
contract from FTV clearly attests to their long standing
satisfaction with RRsat's unique and extensive service
offering."
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.
About FashionTV
Fashion TV broadcasts in 193 countries to over 350 million
households and 7 million public locations across the 5 continents;
it is the only 24-hour fashion, beauty & lifestyle television
station worldwide. Based in Paris,
France since 1997, Fashion TV is streamed through 30
satellites and thousands of cable operators and its content focuses
on fashion shows, backstage access, photographers, models and
celebrities.
In North America, FashionTV
channel is broadcast in Miami
Beach via Atlantic broadband Cables (channel number 179) and
FTV HD is also available all over the USA in English in the Platinum HD package on
DISH Network (channel number 374) and in Spanish via the Dish
LATINO Ultimate Pack (channel number 5304) and as Direct-To-Home
via IntelSat 805 satellite. In addition, FashionTV's thematic
channels and a Video on Demand service is offered via its f.Club
membership for a monthly fee on http://www.ftv.com and with its
cooperation with Google, the new "FashionTV channel on YouTube" has
extensive web following (21 million views in Q2 of 2010). FashionTV
is also carried worldwide by major mobile phone platforms on
different VOD services.
In South America & the
Caribbean, Fashion TV Latin feed
reaches over 16 million homes via Turner
Latin. For more information visit FashionTV's web site
http://www.ftv.com
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, (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, (viii)
our ability to expand our activity in the North American market,
and (ix) 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.
Information in this press release concerning Fashion TV was
provided by Fashion TV and has not been independently verified by
RRsat.
Company Contact Information:
Dr. Beth Erez, Sr. Advisor
Tel: +972-8-861-0000
Email: marketing@RRsat.com
Public Relations Contact:
Josh Kail, Vendelo
Tel: +1-718-522-9873
Email: josh@vendeloo.com
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd