Digital Media Centre and RRSat Launch Global Broadcasting Alliance

Digital Media Centre (DMC), one of Europe’s most advanced digital media facilities and RRsat, a global communications network, have announced a new partnership focused on offering complete global playout and content delivery solutions.

DMC and RRsat have combined capabilities and hooked up their networks, through a dedicated fibre connection, to offer a cost effective, global playout and delivery service with a range of advanced solutions. The alliance will combine DMC’s world class capabilities in multi-lingual, multi-territory playout solutions with RRsat’s outstanding global content management and distribution services. 

The partnership has been launched to satisfy the growing demand from media companies and channel owners for a cost-efficient centralised approach to reaching large audiences. The alliance meets the need for localised content working with a single service partner for comprehensive end to end delivery worldwide, including disaster recovery and backup services.

DMC, launched in 2000, provides advanced playout, content management, multi-territory and multi-lingual solutions. DMC currently delivers over 60 HD and SD channels including History Channel, National Geographic, MGM, E! and Fox. With a history of innovation, DMC first launched a HD channel and full digital delivery in 2006 and made its first 3D broadcast in 2010.

RRsat, a NASDAQ publicly traded company (RRST) based in Israel, provides playout, production and connectivity services for globally transmitted channels. The RRsat Global Network offers extensive distribution coverage currently provided to more than 550 channels  including Fox News and Sports, MGM, BabyTV, FashionTV and Nickelodeon using over 50 satellite platforms in more than 150 countries through its teleport, satellite and fibre capacity to regions including North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Robin Kroes, Vice President, Commercial, Operations and Corporate Development at DMC, said: “As the media industry becomes fully digitized, broadcasting without geographical boundaries is now a reality. DMC has always been a leader in the European market, offering its clients cost competitive, multi-territory, multi-language playout solutions. We are tremendously excited to now be working side by side with RRSAT in a new, global broadcast service to take our offering to a global scale. We believe that the bundling of our capabilities with RRsat’s leading fibre and satellite networks will deliver a convenient, high quality, cost efficient service that clients will find very appealing.”

Lior Rival, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at RRsat, commented: “Our strategy has been to build an extensive content management and distribution network of fibre and satellites to offer clients a global, one-stop service. We are delighted to partner with DMC, a recognized leader in playout, based in mainland Europe, to continue to offer first class, global solutions together, with a complementary focus and philosophy.”