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Russia Today Selects RRSAT Global Network

RRSAT Global Network has been recently chosen as Russia Today`s Distribution Platform. By the end of this year, the new English-speaking, round-the-clock Russian television news channel `Russia Today TV` will be broadcasting live internationally via the RRSAT Global Networkby satellite to Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. This marks a huge step success-wise for the new network.

`Russia Today TV` will provide information about events in Russia, and give viewers an opportunity to gain a Russian perspective on world events. It will send a realistic image of the country to audiences beyond its borders and bring an atmosphere of home to fellow countrymen living abroad. This is a challenging and ambitious project, and there is confidence the channel will represent Russia appropriately on the international scene, senior executives say.

The channel will be available to viewers in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa via the HotBird-6 satellite, in the USA and Canada via Intelsat Americas 5 (Telstar-5), and in Asia and Australia via the Thaicom-3 satellite. `Russia Today TV` chose the most popular satellites for its global distribution, said David Rivel, founder and CEO of RRSAT Global Network. `We found in RRSAT the right partner for our satellite distribution,` said Sergey Frolov, General Director of `TV Novosti`, `Russia Today`s` parent company. Their proposal proved to be efficient and cost-effective.