Satnews Daily
November 13th, 2012

RRsat + EBU... Hub Host (SATCOM)


[SatNews] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) has been selected by European Broadcasting Union Network (EBU) to provide...

...digital media content delivery services and be their main hub between Asia and Europe for the coming years. Sports, news and special events, broadcast in both SD + HD, will be delivered through RRsat's teleports for the EBU Network.

The EBU Network is a world leading alliance of public service media organizations, with members in 56 countries in Europe and beyond. The EBU Network operates Eurovision. RRsat will establish bi-directional fiber connectivity between RRsat's teleport in Israel and EBU Network's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and will provide all broadcast services for EBU Network to and from Asia. Furthermore, RRsat will be responsible for EBU Networks’ occasional use of satellite to satellite transmissions and traffic monitoring using EBU capacity on three different satellites.