RRsat Increases Its North American Customer Service Through Intelsat's Galaxy Fleet

PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(Business Wire)--
Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial
satellite services, announced today that RRsat Global Communications
Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST), a global provider of comprehensive content
management and distribution services to the television and radio
broadcasting industries, signed a multi-year contract on Intelsat's
Galaxy 25 satellite to expand RRsat's services into the North American
region.

RRsat contracted for capacity on Intelsat's Galaxy 25 satellite
for content broadcasting throughout North America. The Galaxy 25
satellite located at 97 degrees West within Intelsat's valuable Galaxy
neighborhood is the largest ethnic video platform, offering
programmers and content distributors access to the U.S. cable
community, reaching millions of homes. RRsat will leverage the Galaxy
25 capacity to distribute regional television programming from Europe
and Asia into the U.S. cable market.

"We are pleased once again to expand our premier RRsat Global
Network over Intelsat's Galaxy 25 satellite. This new multi-year
contract will further develop our North American coverage, enabling us
to increase our solutions offering, meeting our customers' growing
demands for our comprehensive content management and global
distribution services," said Lior Rival, RRsat's Vice President Sales
& Marketing. "Likewise, the Galaxy 25 will allow us the opportunity to
expand our tailored program distribution offering to current and new
customers throughout the United States."

"Globalization of content is one of the biggest trends creating
demand for satellite capacity. Our long-standing relationship with
RRsat exemplifies how Intelsat delivers regional programming to the
world," said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat's Regional Vice President,
Europe & Middle East Sales. "Throughout the past years, RRsat has been
able to seamlessly provide additional content to its established
clientele and forge new customers throughout Africa, Asia and North
America, utilizing Intelsat's industry-leading satellite fleet. Our
fleet is supporting the top global DTH and cable neighborhoods in
regions where ethnic content is most in demand."

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

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services (FSS)
worldwide, delivering advanced transmission access for information and
entertainment to many of the world's leading media and network
companies, multinational corporations, Internet service providers and
governmental agencies. Intelsat also offers seamless service for
voice, data and video transmission unmatched in the industry. With the
globalization of content, broadband, telecom, HD and IPTV fueling
next-generation growth, the ever-expanding universe of satellite
services are the cornerstones of today's Intelsat. Real-time, advanced
communications with people anywhere in the world is closer, by far.

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 31 December
2007 and Intelsat's other periodic reports filed 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 Global Communications Network 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, 2007 and
its Current Reports on Form 6-K.

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

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