RRsat Global Communications Network, a global provider of comprehensive content management and distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has signed a multi-year contract on Intelsat’s (News - Alert) Galaxy 25 satellite to expand RRsat’s services into the North American region.
RRsat contracted for capacity on Intelsat’s Galaxy 25 satellite for content broadcasting throughout North America.
RRsat will leverage the Galaxy 25 capacity to distribute regional television programming from Europe and Asia into the U.S. cable market.
“We are pleased once again to expand our premier RRsat Global Network over Intelsat’s Galaxy 25 satellite. This new multi-year contract will further develop our North American coverage, enabling us to increase our solutions offering, meeting our customers’ growing demands for our comprehensive content management and global distribution services,” Lior Rival, RRsat’s Vice President Sales & Marketing said.
“Likewise, the Galaxy 25 will allow us the opportunity to expand our tailored program distribution offering to current and new customers throughout the United States.”
RRsat Global Communications Network 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 425 television and radio channels, covering more than 150 countries.
“Globalization of content is one of the biggest trends creating demand for satellite capacity. Our long-standing relationship with RRsat exemplifies how Intelsat delivers regional programming to the world,” said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat’s Regional Vice President, Europe & Middle East Sales.
“Throughout the past years, RRsat has been able to seamlessly provide additional content to its established clientele and forge new customers throughout Africa, Asia and North America, utilizing Intelsat’s industry-leading satellite fleet. Our fleet is supporting the top global DTH and cable neighborhoods in regions where ethnic content is most in demand.”
Intelsat is a provider of fixed satellite services (FSS) worldwide, delivering advanced transmission access for information and entertainment to many of the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and governmental agencies.
Intelsat also offers seamless service for voice, data and video transmission.
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