Intelsat Ltd. announced that RR Satellite Communications Ltd. (RR Sat), an Israeli broadcast service provider, selected the operator to provide content distribution services in the United States and Asia.

In one of the new contracts, RR Sat chose the IA-5 satellite to distribute Asian, European and Middle Eastern content via a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform in the United States. IA-5 hosts a large international broadcasting community in the United States from its orbital location at 97 degrees West, presenting RR Sat with the opportunity to penetrate the U.S. DTH market and expand the number of viewers accessing its content.

In a separate contract, RR Sat launched a new Pan-Asian distribution platform via the APR-1 satellite located at 83 degrees East. The platform on APR-1 will enable broadcasters and programmers to target cable head-ends across most of Asia, including India and Australia.