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Monday, November 09, 2009

RRsat Chosen by KidsCo to Transmit Channel Over Australia

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

RE'EM, Israel, November 9/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 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."

About KidsCo

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

About RRsat Global Communications Network

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, and
(vi) 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 KidsCo 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

To contact KidsCo Press office:
Tel: +44-(0)-207-268-3076
Email: kidsco@championcomms.com

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; To contact KidsCo Press office: Tel: +44-(0)-207-268-3076, Email: kidsco@championcomms.com


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