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RRSAT HAS LAUNCHED A NEW PLATFORM FOR THE IBERIAN MARKET
ON HISPASAT SATELLITE
PRNewswire-FirstCall
January 27, 2010
RE'EM, Israel, - 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 launched
a new platform for the distribution of Spanish and Portuguese
language content into European markets over the Hispasat 1D
satellite. The Spanish-language version of Moscow-based news channel
Russia Today (RT) is RRsat's first customer for distribution through
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"The European Spanish and Portuguese audience in Europe is an
important demographic and we are providing a platform in cooperation
with the satellite operator HISPASAT for content providers to tap
into this market," commented David Rivel, Founder and CEO of RRsat
Global Communications Network. "We are already experiencing interest
from potential customers as well as our existing customer base, and
we believe we will experience growing demand for this particular
service. The launch of this service is continued testimony that we
remain attentive to our customer needs and intend to continue to
build services to satisfy their distribution requirements."
"The HISPASAT Group is proud to cooperate with RRsat in this
project," commented Miguel Angel Redondo Ugena, Commercial &
Services Director of Hispasat. "HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite
operator is already the seventh company in the world as regards
income in its sector and is the leader in the broadcasting and
distribution of contents in Spanish and Portuguese, with more than
1,100 radio and television channels, including the contents of
important digital platforms of Direct to Home Television (DTH) and
High Definition Television (HDTV), both in Europe and in America.
The Group leads also 3D TV projects with which the company tries to
bring this new three-dimensional system to our homes, researching
the technical possibility of creating live audiovisual productions
with this technology."
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 500 television and radio channels, covering more than 150
countries. Visit the company's website http://www.RRsat.com for more
information.
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