[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution broadcast services, has launched a new religious programming platform on Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, RRsat announced Aug. 3.
    The platform, together with RRsat’s three other platforms already operating on this satellite, will broadcast more than 50 religious and ethnic TV and radio channels across the United States from Galaxy 19 at 97 degrees West.
      RRsat said it signed agreements with 13 TV and radio channels to broadcast the platform directly from RRsat’s teleport in Hawley, Pa.
      “Interest in religious programming and content is on the rise in the United States. By positioning ourselves as a provider of global distribution for all types of religious content, we believe we can further penetrate this important market and become a leading distribution solution for this programming. Moreover, this launch represents another significant step in our penetration of the America-to-America market,” RRsat Spokesman Lior Rival said in a statement.