RRsat Chosen to Distribute Dutch Language Channel, BVN-TV, to Europe & Middle East

RRsat Chosen to Distribute Dutch Language Channel, BVN-TV, to Europe & Middle East

Follows Previously Successful Launch Over Asia, Africa and Australia Through RRsat Global Network

RE'EM, Israel, August 5/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 BVN-TV has chosen to expand its contract with RRsat.
This follows the successful launch of services over Asia, Africa and
Australia in 2007.

BVN-TV is a collaboration of Radio Netherlands, Dutch Domestic
Public Television and Flemish Radio and Television - providing Dutch-language
programming to Dutch and Flemish communities living outside The Netherlands
and Belgium.

The BVN-TV Channel is now also broadcast to Europe and the
Middle East over the RRsat Global Network, using the Hotbird satellite.

"RRsat, through its advanced Global Network, has the capability of taking
one channel, such as BVN-TV, to multiple regions and different time zones,"
commented Lior Rival, Deputy CEO and VP Sales and Marketing of RRsat. "This
third consecutive agreement with BVN-TV, joins prior agreements to provide
broadcasting services to Asia, Africa and Australia, demonstrating the
success of our ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction, as well as the
strength of the RRsat Global Network, reaching millions of households
throughout Europe and the Middle East."

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

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, (v) our expectation
to extend the average length of our contracts in the future, (vi) our ability
to report future successes and (vii) our intention to distribute dividends in
the future and the size of any dividends declared. 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 BVN-TV 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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