RRSAT chosen by KIDSCO to transmit channel over Australia
RRsat to provide comprehensive playout and turnaround services to expanding KidsCo Channel Contract includes provision of services to additional geographies in the future
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. a provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it has been chosen by KidsCo, a joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and Cookie Jar Group, to provide playout to Australia.
RRsat will be providing comprehensive playout and uplink services, as well as distributing the channel to the Foxtel DBS platform in Australia via the Asiasat 5 satellite. KidsCo also has the option to leverage RRsat’s Global Network to provide additional playout to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia in the future.
Mr. Paul Robinson, Managing Director of KidsCo commented: “KidsCo needed an innovative flexible partner for playout to Australia and we chose RRsat because they proved themselves to be very customer focused and dedicated to finding high quality business solutions.”
“We are very excited that KidsCo has chosen RRsat as part of its international expansion strategy, targeting prime new geographies, reaching millions of new households and potential viewers,” commented Mr. Lior Rival, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of RRsat. “We look forward to further expanding the channel’s coverage in the future, taking it to new regions and countries in Europe, Middle East, Asia and South America, further leveraging the advanced RRsat Global Network.”
KidsCo is the fourth global children’s television network. Launched in September 2007, KidsCo is a joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and Cookie Jar Group. KidsCo’s global distribution plan, launching linear, VOD, SVOD and IPTV channels been rolled out in prime territories around the world, including Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, the Middle East, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong and countries across sub-Saharan Africa
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.