Lior Rival, RRsat's VP, Sales & Marketing, Receives Honorable Mention by Society of Satellite Professionals International

Lior Rival, RRsat's VP, Sales & Marketing, Receives Honorable Mention by
Society of Satellite Professionals International
One of the Young Professionals Cited for Their Promise as Future Leaders

RE'EM, Israel, October 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 Mr. Lior
Rival, Vice President, Sales & Marketing of RRsat Global Communications, is
to receive honorable mention at the Society of Satellite Professionals
International (SSPI) 2009 Promise Awards.
Mr. Rival will receive the honorable mention, and be cited for his
promise as a future leader, at the SSPI's 4th annual Future Leaders Dinner
due to take place on October 13, 2009 at The Princeton Club in midtown
Manhattan.
The "Promise" Award is presented to young satellite professionals who
have shown the potential to play a leadership role in the industry. They will
be people who have demonstrated initiative, creativity and problem-solving
skills that made a positive impact on their company's performance.
The Society of Satellite Professionals International is a nonprofit
member-benefit society that serves satellite professionals throughout their
working lives. With chapters in the Americas, the Middle East, Europe and
Asia, SSPI works to attract new talent to the industry, helps satellite
professionals advance in their careers, works to increase the professional
standing of members and honors extraordinary achievement by satellite
professionals and the companies they work for.
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 the awards and the Society
of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) is based on the press release
issued by SSPI, as well as SSPI website content, and 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 / Fiona Darmon
Tel: +1-646-797-2868

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 / Fiona
Darmon, Tel: +1-646-797-2868