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Thursday, September 06, 2007

RRSat Extends its Global Reach Across Three Continents With Intelsat

RRSat Extends its Global Reach Across Three Continents With Intelsat

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, September 6/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite
services, announced that RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd.
(NASDAQ: RRST), a global provider of end-to-end transmission and
production services for broadcasters, will use the Intelsat global
network to expand RRSat's programming transmissions services seamlessly
across three continents.

RRSat contracted for capacity on Intelsat's Galaxy 23 and Intelsat 10
satellites for content broadcasting throughout Africa, Asia and North
America. The Intelsat 10 satellite, located at 68.5 E offers communications
services to customers wanting access to the emerging markets of the Indian
subcontinent as well as Central and Western Asia. RRSat will use its Intelsat
10 capacity to distribute television programming from Europe and the United
States into Asia and Africa.

The Galaxy 23 satellite, located at 121 W within Intelsat's valuable
Galaxy neighborhood, offers programmers distribution to the U.S. cable
community, reaching millions of homes. RRSat will use Galaxy 23 capacity to
distribute television programming from Europe and Asia into the U.S. cable
market.

"Intelsat's two satellites, Galaxy 23 and Intelsat 10, will provide RRSat
with the extensive coverage required to meet our customers' growing demands
for our comprehensive content management and global distribution services,"
said Lior Rival, RRSat's Vice President Sales & Marketing. "Likewise, service
on Intelsat 10 allows us the opportunity to expand our offering with new
services to current and new customers."

"Programmers turn to Intelsat when seeking global market access," said
Jean Philippe Gillet, Intelsat's Regional Vice President, Europe & Middle
East Sales. "Our growing relationship with RRSat is a prime example of how
our customers rely on Intelsat to efficiently implement global business
objectives."

About Intelsat

Intelsatis the leading provider of fixed satellite services (FSS)
worldwide and is the leading provider of these services to each of the media,
network services and government customer sectors, enabling people and
businesses everywhere constant access to information and entertainment.
Intelsat offers customers a greater business potential by providing them
access to unrivaled resources with ease of business and peace of mind. An
extensive customer base, including some of the world's leading media and
communications companies, multinational corporations, Internet service
providers and government/military organizations, utilizes our services.
Real-time, constant communication with people anywhere in the world is
closer, by far.

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 385 television and radio channels, covering more than 150
countries.

Intelsat Safe Harbor Statement. Some of the statements in this news
release constitute "forward-looking statements" that do not directly or
exclusively relate to historical facts. The forward-looking statements made
in this release reflect Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations,
assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks,
including known and unknown risks. Detailed information about some of the
known risks is included in Intelsat's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2006 and other filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Because actual results could differ materially from
Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about the
future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements contained in
this news release with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.

RRSat Safe Harbor Statement. This press release contains forward looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including statements regarding (i) the growth of RRSat's business
and the television and radio broadcasting industries, (ii) RRSat's
expectation to expand its client base and sell additional services to its
existing client base, and (iii) RRSat's ability to report future successes.
These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates
and projections about the companies and the industry as of the date of this
press release. RRSat undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to
changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements, including the risks indicated in RRSat's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details, please
refer to RRSat's SEC filings and the amendments thereto, including RRSat's
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006 and RRSat's
Current Reports on Form 6-K.


Contacts

Nick Mitsis
Intelsat, Ltd.
nick.mitsis@intelsat.com
+1-202-944-7044

RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd.
sales@rrsat.com
+972-8-8610000

Source: RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd

Contacts: Nick Mitsis, Intelsat, Ltd., nick.mitsis@intelsat.com, +1-202-944-7044; RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., sales@rrsat.com, +972-8-8610000


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