AIRPORT CITY BUSINESS PARK, Israel, September 7,
2012 /PRNewswire/ --
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 has signed a contract with RT
for the distribution of Russia Today English HD ("RT"), Russia
Today Spanish ("RT") and Russia Today Documentary HD ("RTDoc")
channels to the USA, Latin America and Asia. The service started on August 1st, 2012, and will expand the
global distribution of the channels.
Using the extensive RRsat Global Network, the channels will be
delivered by fiber to the RRsat Teleports, and from there uplinked
to 3 major satellites, bringing the channels to millions of
households through Cable Headends.
The prestigious RT America HD channel; RTDoc HD, the youngest RT
channel broadcasting in-house produced documentaries, as well as
the award winning Spanish version of the RT HD channel, will be
distributed to the USA via Galaxy
23 satellite.
The RT Spanish HD channel will also be distributed via Intelsat
9 to Latin America, and both RT
News HD and RTDoc HD channels will be distributed via MESAT 3A
satellite to Asia.
"Russia Today is a highly valued, long term customer of
our company. We have been serving RT for many years, and we are
very proud they have chosen us again for expanding their global
distribution", Lior
Rival, VP Sales and Marketing of RRsat stated.
"This agreement emphasizes the added value
RRsat's customers gain from our end-to end solutions,
from broadcasting through distribution, offering our customers to
reach new countries, regions and continents."
"We are excited to partner up with RRSAT so that
RT's programs can continue to expand its reach around
the world. RT's fast growth over the last several
years demonstrates just how much appetite there is for a news
channel like ours, which can provide an alternative to the
mainstream media," said RT's editor in chief
Margarita Simonyan.
About RRsat Global Communications
Network Ltd.
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) provides
global, end-to-end, content management and distribution services to
the rapidly expanding television and radio broadcasting industries,
covering more than 150 countries. Through its RRsat Global Network,
composed of satellite and terrestrial fiber optic capacity and the
public Internet, RRsat provides high-quality and flexible global
distribution services 24/7 to more than 630 channels reaching
multiplatform operators, Internet TV and direct-to-home
viewers worldwide and also offers occasional use services
for sports, news and events with a fleet of flyaways and over
10 transportable satellite news gathering services (SNG)
units. More than 130 television and radio channels use
RRsat's advanced production and playout centers comprising
comprehensive media asset management services. Visit the company's
website http://www.rrsat.com
About RT
RT is a global multilingual television news network,
broadcasting around-the-clock from Moscow and Washington, DC to more than 100 countries on
five continents. With a global reach of over 550 million people -
or 25% of all paid cable networks' subscribers - and more than two
million hotel rooms worldwide, RT covers the major political,
economic and cultural issues of the time for viewers wanting to
question more. The best news reports, stories and programmes can be
found on RT's YouTube channel, where the number of views has
already exceeded 750 million, making RT the first TV news channel
to break this record in YouTube's history and also making the
network the largest provider of news video footage on this world's
most popular video platform. According to official ratings by the
UK's Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, RT is now the third
most popular TV news channel in Great
Britain after BBC News and Sky News, and scores higher
viewership than other foreign news channels measured by BARB,
including Al Jazeera English, Fox News and Euronews. Nielsen has
found RT's audience in key U.S. cities to be bigger than that of
other major international news channels including Euronews,
France 24, Deutsche Welle, Al
Jazeera English, NHK World and CCTV News. RT is the only Russian TV
channel to be nominated twice for an International Emmy in the News
category - in 2010 and 2012. RTDoc is a new English-language
documentary channel launched by RT in 2011 and focused on
documentary programs. The exclusive content of RTDoc is produced by
RT's in-house team and has already received multiple industry
awards.
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 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,
2011 and our Current Reports on Form 6-K.
Information in this press release
concerning RT is based on information provided by RT and has not
been independently verified by RRsat.
Company Contact Information:
Christine Ben Amram, MarCom
Manager
Tel: +972-3-9280808
Email: marketing@RRsat.com
External Investor Relations Contacts:
Ehud Helft / Porat Saar
Tel: +1-646-233-2161
rrsat@ccgisrael.com
SOURCE RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd