RE'EM, Israel, February 23, 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
industries, announced today that it is providing uplink, playout
and connectivity services for fashiontv H3, the 3D programming on
the Fashion TV Paris High Definition channel.
Beginning February 18, 2011, for
the duration of one week, fashiontv H3D began daily 3D broadcasts
between 2pm and 11pm (local
Paris, New York and Hong
Kong time) in 10 minute programs, in order to collect
feedback from viewers and operators. As a result of the positive
feedback, FTV has doubled the shows broadcast as part of the FTV HD
programming played out and distributed by RRsat on its DTH
platforms on the Intelsat-805 satellite over North, Central and
South America, on the EUROBIRD-9A
satellite to Europe, the
Middle East and Africa, and on the Asiasat-5 satellite to
Asia and Australia.
Michel Adam, President and CEO of
Fashion TV said, "FTV is among the pioneers in delivering high
quality 3D programming over DTH networks. Based on the feedback we
are receiving from our viewers we expect to launch fashiontv H3D, a
24-hour 3D channel over DTH, during the summer of 2011 to a myriad
of satellite, cable, IP and mobile platforms all over the world.
Fashion never looked better and we appreciate RRsat's ability to
get us launched with quality programming, meeting a very tight
schedule."
"We are proud to be responsible for the technological side of
launching fashiontv H3D on RRsat's Intelsat-805, EUROBIRD-9A and
Asiasat-5 DTH platforms," commented Ziv
Mor, CTO and VP Business Development of RRsat. "Following
RRsat's delivery over terrestrial fiber of a live 3D interactive
event between Tel Aviv and
London together with BT, and our
subsequent real-time delivery by satellite of 3D sports events over
Europe, this effort is another
testament to our ability to play out and deliver 3D content in
multiple languages, over multiple satellites integrated within an
HD platform. We look forward to broadcasting our first 24 hour 3D
channel in 2011."
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 develop, implement and
commercialize new 3D broadcast technologies; (viii) our ability to
report future successes, (ix) our ability to expand our activity in
the North American market, and (x) 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, Vendeloo
Tel: +1-718-522-9873
Email: josh@vendeloo.com
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd