RRsat Chosen by KidsCo to Transmit Channel Over Australia
09 Novembre 2009 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
RRsat to Provide Comprehensive Playout and Turnaround Services to
Expanding KidsCo Channel; Contract Includes Provision of Services
to Additional Geographies in the Future RE'EM, Israel, November 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd.
(NASDAQ:RRST), a rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content
management and global distribution services to the television and
radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it has been
chosen by KidsCo, a joint venture channel owned by leading media
companies NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and
Cookie Jar Group, to provide playout to Australia. RRsat will be
providing comprehensive playout and uplink services, as well as
distributing the channel to the Foxtel DBS platform in Australia
via the Asiasat 5 satellite. KidsCo also has the option to leverage
RRsat's Global Network to provide additional playout to Western
Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia in the future. Mr.
Paul Robinson, Managing Director of KidsCo commented: "KidsCo
needed an innovative flexible partner for playout to Australia and
we chose RRSat because they proved themselves to be very customer
focused and dedicated to finding high quality business solutions."
"We are very excited that KidsCo has chosen RRsat as part of its
international expansion strategy, targeting prime new geographies,
reaching millions of new households and potential viewers,"
commented Mr. Lior Rival, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of
RRsat. "We look forward to further expanding the channel's coverage
in the future, taking it to new regions and countries in Europe,
Middle East, Asia and South America, further leveraging the
advanced RRsat Global Network." About KidsCo KidsCo is the fourth
global children's television network. Launched in September 2007,
KidsCo is a joint venture channel owned by leading media companies
NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and Cookie Jar
Group. KidsCo's global distribution plan, launching linear, VOD,
SVOD and IPTV channels been rolled out in prime territories around
the world, including Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Romania,
Ukraine, the Middle East, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, Poland,
Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and countries across sub-Saharan
Africa About RRsat Global Communications Network 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 500 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 RRsat
Global Internet TV service, (v) our expectation to extend the
average length of our contracts in the future, and (vi) our ability
to report future successes. 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, 2008 and
our Current Reports on Form 6-K. Information in this press release
concerning KidsCo has not been independently verified by RRsat.
Company Contact Information: Gil Efron, CFO Tel: +972-8-861-0000
Email: External Investor Relations Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny
Green Tel: +1-866-704-6710 To contact KidsCo Press office: Tel:
+44-(0)-207-268-3076 Email: DATASOURCE: RRsat Global Communications
Network Ltd. CONTACT: Company Contact Information: Gil Efron, CFO
Tel: +972-8-861-0000, Email: ; External Investor Relations
Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny Green, Tel: +1-866-704-6710; To
contact KidsCo Press office: Tel: +44-(0)-207-268-3076, Email:
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