Turner Latin America and Fashion TV Sign Distribution Accord for Latin America

Turner Latin America and Fashion TV Sign Distribution Accord for Latin America

FTV Has Chosen RRsat Global Communications Network to Distribute FTV's Channel to Turner Latin America

PARIS, January 22/PRNewswire/ -- Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Latin America, Inc. has reached a long-term distribution, advertising sales and trademark agreement with Fashion TV, the first and only worldwide channel entirely dedicated to fashion, beauty, design and lifestyle. The deal was announced jointly by Whit Richardson, Senior Corporate Officer for Turner International Argentina and Senior Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing for TBS Latin America, and Michel Adam, President and Founder of FTV.

As part of this pact, Turner Latin America will continue to distribute Fashion TV (FTV) throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as to the Hispanic audience in the United States. Turner will also handle advertising sales and marketing for FTV throughout these regions.

FTV has chosen RRsat Global Communications Network (NASDAQ: RRST) to distribute FTV's channel to Turner Latin America. RRsat will supply a broad selection of services including playout, encryption and conversion to NTSC, as well as uplink services to Intelsat 907, enabling the channel to be broadcast throughout South America.

Turner Latin America and FTV will leverage synergies to enrich the programming line-up of the Latin American channel, including footage of key global fashion shows and industry events.

"The FTV brand plus Turner's market knowledge is a really powerful combination," said Richardson. "We look forward to building on the network's current distribution to create a true regional powerhouse in both the fashion industry and the entertainment world."

"This partnership with Turner will enable a whole new audience of trend-setters and fashionistas throughout the region to become part of the global fashion community, assessing the world's most-consumed fashion medium - Fashion TV," said Adam. "We are pleased to join forces with such an experienced team, and are confident that this is a start to a relationship that will prosper in Latin America and hopefully other territories."

Fashion TV (FTV), established in 1997 in Paris, is the world's only 24/7 fashion, beauty and lifestyle TV channel. FTV is broadcast over cable and satellite to over 400 million households in 202 countries and territories around the world making it not only the world's biggest fashion medium, but also one of the world's best distributed TV channels. FTV gives viewers the best seat in the house at exclusive fashion shows and parties, goes behind the scenes with leading designers, photographers, top models and celebrities through exclusive original programming and TV specials. Please visit http://www.ftv.com for more information.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., is a major producer of news and entertainment products around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry. Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, Inc.'s networks collectively are the highest rated, most heavily viewed and most recognized brands in Latin America. The networks distributed in the region include Boomerang, Cartoon Network, TNT, TCM Classic Hollywood, CNN en Espanol, CNN International and CNN Headline News, in addition to recently acquired channels: Fashion TV, HTV, Infinito, I.Sat, MuchMusic, Retro and Space. The majority of these networks are complemented by Spanish and Portuguese-language Web sites.

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 concurrently provide these services to more than 400 television and radio channels, covering more than 150 countries. Visit the company's website http://www.rrsat.com for more information.

          Contacts:      Caroline Rittenberry     Turner     +1-404-827-1035     caroline.rittenberry@turner.com      FTV     yaron@ftv.com  

Source: Fashion TV

Contacts: Caroline Rittenberry, Turner, +1-404-827-1035, caroline.rittenberry@turner.com; FTV, yaron@ftv.com

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