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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
SVT, Sveriges Television (Swedish Television), Sweden's public television broadcasting service
has chosen RRsat to expand its coverage all over Europe.
Over the past three years RRsat has been distributing the SVT channel over its Global Network
to Asia through the Thaicom-5 Satellite. Under the current agreement, RRsat also distributes the
SVT channel to Europe, Northern Africa & the Middle East through the Direct-To-Home
distribution network, over Eurobird-9 satellite.
"After using RRsat´s turnaround services since 2005 for SVT Europa´s Direct-To-Home
distribution to Asia, Australia and Africa, we are very pleased to expand our cooperation with
RRsat to include Direct-To-Home services through Eurobird-9 satellite to Europe, Northern
Africa and the Middle East", said Riffa Hänninen, Head of SVT Europa, the international
channel of the Swedish public service broadcaster SVT.
"We are very pleased that SVT, the Swedish national television, has chosen RRsat to expand its
channels coverage to be accessible throughout Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East over
the Eurobird-9 satellite, our rapidly expanding Direct-To-Home and cable platform," commented
Lior Rival, VP Sales and Marketing of RRsat. "Once again, RRsat, leveraging its broad global
network and leading fiber infrastructure, will enable the channel to be reached by millions of
new households."
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 400 television and radio channels, covering more than 150 countries.
Visit the company's website www.RRsat.com for more information.

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