Wednesday, 6 March 2013

SIS LIVE, RRsat sign international sports distribution deal for Asian market


SIS LIVE and RRsat have arrived at a distribution deal that will provides international sports distribution solutions to consumers in Asia. Services covered by the agreement include uplink and downlink services, satellite-to-satellite turnaround, and fiber-to-satellite transmissions.

The two companies have teamed up to deliver the coverage of the European Tour Productions golf tour. SIS LIVE will use RRsat solutions to distribute live golf events to and from Asia.

The distribution deal is the latest in a long line of mutual cooperation between the two companies. SIS LIVE is a preferred RRsat supplier and delivers the latter company's European satellite Teleport and turnaround services to RRsat’s extensive customer base. They have built a custom fiber link between the SIS LIVE Teleport in the United Kingdom and the Emek HaEla teleport run by RRsat, which enables the direct transfer of content for uplink and distribution to premium cable headends in Asia. 

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