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 to distribute AXN SCI-FI, the science fiction channel from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) into Russia, over its premier RRsat Global Network.
The new agreement will leverage extensive capabilities of the RRsat Global Network including RRsats fiber optic from the United Kingdom and encrypted satellite distribution services over the ABS-1 Satellite. As part of the agreement, RRsat will also provide value added services such as encryption.
We are proud to expand our relationship with SPTI, taking the channel to new regions by leveraging the advanced capabilities RRsats premier Global Network offers its customers. This agreement further demonstrates the added value RRsats customers gain from our total end-to-end solution, from broadcasting through distribution, while expanding the channels boundaries to reach to new countries, regions and continents, said David Rivel, CEO and Founder of RRsat.
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 425 television and radio channels, covering more than 150 countries.