RRsat Expands Access to Africa via Telstar 11N Satellite

RRsat Expands Access to Africa via Telstar 11N Satellite

REEM, Israel, May 21/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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 it has started operating a new Multi Channels Per
Carrier (MCPC) platform on the Telstar 11N satellite located at 37.5 degrees
West. Telstar 11N is a new Telesat satellite that utilizes high powered
Ku-band transponders to support a wide range of video and data applications
in North America, Europe and Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean.

RRsat's Ku-band platform will enable the company to serve a
growing number of broadcasters who can now offer television and IP-based
services to the African market, including West and South Africa, by
connecting to leading cable operators and Direct-to-Home (DTH) providers on
the continent.

"We are very excited to expand our services to Africa through
this new platform which allows broadcasters around the world to efficiently
reach West and South Africa - markets that have long been difficult to
access," commented Lior Rival, Deputy CEO and VP Sales and Marketing. "This
platform enables RRsat to further expand its offerings to leading cable and
satellite operators in Africa, providing them with the means to reach
millions of new households daily. We are also pleased to offer advanced DTH
services on our platform so that viewers can access the latest programming
and video content with small antennas, further expanding new subscriber
opportunities for our broadcast customers."

"Telesat and RRsat have enjoyed great success implementing an
MCPC platform in Asia on Telstar 10," said Michael Schwartz, Vice President
of Marketing & Corporate Development at Telesat. "It's always great when a
customer's success in one market leads them to expand to another Telesat
satellite, and that's exactly the situation we have with RRsat's new MCPC
platform on Telstar 11N."

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 425 television and radio channels, covering more than 150
countries. Visit the company's website http://www.RRsat.com for more
information.

About Telesat (http://www.telesat.com)

Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices and facilities
around the world, Telesat is the fourth-largest fixed satellite services
operator. The company provides reliable and secure satellite-delivered
communications solutions to broadcast, telecom, corporate and government
customers. Telesat now has a global state-of-the-art fleet of 13 satellites,
with another satellite under construction, and manages the operations of 13
additional satellites for third parties. Telesat is privately held. Its
principal shareholders are Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board
and Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL).

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 our business and the television and
radio broadcasting industries, (ii) our expectation to expand our client base
and sell additional services to our existing client base,(iii) our ability to
successfully integrate the teleports we acquired, (iv) our ability to develop
and commercialize the RRsat Global Internet TV service, and (v) our 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. The company 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 our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details, please
refer to our SEC filings and the amendments thereto, including our Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 and our Current
Reports on Form 6-K.

Information in this press release concerning Telesat and the
Telstar 11N Satellite has not been independently verified by RRsat.

Company Contact Information:

Gil Efron, CFO
Tel: +972-8-861-0000
Email: investors@rrsat.com

External Investor Relations Contacts:
Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
Tel: +1-866-704-6710

Source: RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd

Company Contact Information: Gil Efron, CFO, Tel: +972-8-861-0000, Email: investors@rrsat.com; External Investor Relations Contacts: Ehud Helft / Kenny Green, Tel: +1-866-704-6710

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