RRSat Launches Global Internet TV
OMER, Israel/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, today announced
that it has joined forces with TVU Networks to create RRsat Global Internet
TV (http://www.RRsatGlobalInternet.tv). This is a global, managed, end-to-end
TV service solution, which delivers TV from broadcasters anywhere in the
world to viewers throughout the world, for viewing on television screens, PCs
and mobile devices, using the infrastructure of the Public Internet.
RRsat brings to the solution its global satellite-and-fiber TV
communications network, and its comprehensive content management and playout
facilities. TVU brings its service management system, video advertising
platform and its patent-pending RTR networking technology, which enables
highly-economical and reliable use of the Internet to deliver TV to unlimited
numbers of viewers
RRsat Global Internet TV offers a broad content platform to attract
viewers from all over the globe, providing content unavailable from local TV
Operators, with viewing on all three screens: TV set, PC and mobile phone.
To Broadcasters, RRsat Global Internet TV affords worldwide exposure
through a single global solution. The system also enables Broadcasters to
further monetize their channels via the service's integral ad insertion
system - which serves targeted, high-value advertising in accordance with
each Broadcaster's policy.
David Rivel, Founder and CEO of RRsat, commented: "We are
proud to offer our broadcasting customers an additional category of services,
which affords them easy access to audiences worldwide, exposure across all
viewing devices, and new revenue streams. We bring to this new service the
same responsiveness, quality and reliability that our customers always expect
and receive from RRsat. We are extremely happy to be working with TVU
networks, which provides high-reliability operations and excellent
technology."
According to Paul Shen, Founder and CEO of TVU Networks, "The service
jointly created by TVU Networks and RRSat is a unique one-stop shop for TV
content owners. RRsat Global Internet TV combines channel creation, playout,
ad cue-tone insertion, and delivery via satellite, fiber optics and the
Internet. With this service, broadcasters can reach audiences anywhere on
earth, and deliver a live TV signal to any device, such as PC, Mac, Windows
Mobile, iPhone and of course, the TV."
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 provides 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.
About TVU Networks
TVU Networks, http://www.tvunetworks.com, offers a turnkey live Internet
TV broadcast platform that empowers broadcasters to reach an unlimited global
audience at a fixed low cost. At the core of the service is TVU's
patent-pending RPR television delivery technology, which coupled with
geo-filtering, subscription services and personalized in-stream ad insertion
tools, makes for a turnkey live Internet broadcast, monetization and
syndication platform for TV broadcasters both professional and emerging. TVU
enables live Internet broadcasts from broadcasters' own websites, on partner
portals, and on TVU, reaching an audience of 30 million users from 200
countries on the PC and Mac, mobile phones, the iPhone, and leading STBs. TVU
also ships standard with HP MediaSmart on consumer laptops worldwide.
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 RRsat's business and the television
and radio broadcasting industries, (ii) RRsat's ability to develop and
commercialize the RRsat Global Internet TV service, (iii) the successful
partnership of RRsat with TVU Networks, (iv) RRsat's expectation to expand
its client base and sell additional services to its existing client base, (v)
RRsat's ability to successfully integrate the teleports it acquired, and (vi)
RRsat's 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 RRsat's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). For more details, please refer to RRsat's SEC filings and the
amendments thereto, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2008 and its Current Reports on Form 6-K.
Information in this press release concerning TVU Networks and
its operations and services has not been independently verified by RRsat.
RRsat Contact Information:
Gil Efron, CFO
Tel: +972-8-861 0000
investors@rrsat.com
RRsat External IR Contacts:
Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
Tel: +1-646-201-9246
info@gkir.com
TVU Networks Corp.:
Mika Saitoh
Tel: +1-415-517-5555
mika@tvunetworks.com
Source: RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd
RRsat Contact Information: Gil Efron, CFO, Tel: +972-8-861 0000,
investors@rrsat.com. RRsat External IR Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny
Green, Tel: +1-646-201-9246, info@gkir.com. TVU Networks Corp.: Mika
Saitoh, Tel: +1-415-517-5555, mika@tvunetworks.com
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