RE'EM, Israel, February 15, 2011 /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
industry is has announced that it will be attending the 2011
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention & Exposition,
in Nashville, Tennessee. RRsat
executives will be available to discuss RRsat's ability to combine
its Holy Land location with advanced technology, in order to enable
services geared specifically for the religious programming
industry. RRsat's executives will address some of the following
capabilities:
Live from the Holy Land -
With a studio in Jerusalem,
Israel, used by over 20 broadcasters, including GOD TV and
TV Visjon Norge AS from Norway,
RRsat provides religious networks with direct access to the sights
and sounds of the Holy Land. Networks can produce 24/7 or
occasional programming regarding religious news directly from
RRsat's facilities and the other locations in Jerusalem. RRsat also assists in the
production and broadcasting of live religious events, such as the
live multi camera program out of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, by LeSea Broadcasting,
where RRsat has provided the entire crew, equipment and production
services, as well as the uplink back to South Bend, Indiana, for the past ten years,
and the weekly live programs of TBN Russia.
"Based in Israel, RRsat has
always found providing services specifically for the religious
broadcasting community especially important," said Shmulik Itzhaki, Sr. Director, Broadcast Sales,
at RRsat. "Our location coupled with our technological capabilities
allows RRsat to cater to the specific needs of religious
broadcasters."
An Advanced Hybrid Network Carrying 50 Religious Channels-
Capturing the essence of Jerusalem is just one aspect of RRsat's
commitment to providing high quality services for religious
programming. RRsat offers advanced technological solutions to
address the challenges of global broadcasting. RRsat continues to
grow its hybrid network of satellite and fiber connectivity that
enables the delivery of content from one geographic location to
another geographic location in all commonly used formats, whether
SD, HD or 3D.
In August 2010, RRsat announced
the launch from RRsat's Hawley Teleport in Pennsylvania of a new platform on the Galaxy
19 (G-19) satellite, which is devoted to the distribution of
religious and ethnic radio and television content to the Americas.
This new platform joins other RRsat platforms on satellites such as
Hotbird, Thaicom, Hispasat and Amos, which combined, broadcast over
50 religious channels globally such as: 3ABN, Daystar Television
Network, GOD TV, Hope Channel, TBN,
and CNL.
Over-the-Top of the Internet -
Religious content providers are able to further reach out to
their communities Over-the-Top of the Internet. With RRinternetTV
religious networks can either stream their broadcasts directly to
their own websites, or opt to house it on the RRinternetTV site.
RRinternetTV attracts a monthly average of a quarter of a million
unique viewers, who view approximately three quarters of a million
hours and consume close to 150TB of TV. This makes religious
programming even more accessible to the millions of people
worldwide who we believe seek this service.
RRsat's executives will be in attendance at NRB 2011 and are
currently scheduling interviews for that time. If you have any
questions for RRsat, or would like to schedule an interview, please
contact Josh Kail, whose contact
information is provided below.
In addition, some useful quotes from current RRsat religious
broadcasters are available below.
Quotes:
"I have been working with RRsat since 2005 and we have had a
very good experience having them as a partner for our productions
in Israel," said Haakon Sengsvoll,
Deputy Head of Broadcast of TV Visjon Norge AS. "So, for me as a
project manager and producer, it is good to know that I have a
company in Israel that is service
minded, reliable and is able to deliver what we want."
Moses Primo of 3ABN said, "We've
been using RRsat's 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."
"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.
"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. "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, (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 concerning RRsat's customers mentioned in this press
release was provided to RRsat by the respective Customers and had
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, Vendeloo
Tel: +1-718-522-9873
Email: josh@vendeloo.com
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd