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KENW Stations Centralize Digital TV, Radio and Distance Learning Operations With Harris Corporation Networking Systems NetVX(TM) Networking Platform and ReCon(TM) Remote Control and Facility Management System Replace Six Legacy Analog Systems CINCINNATI, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced a new installation at KENW, the public television, radio and distance-learning operation of Eastern New Mexico University, the region's premiere public television and radio broadcaster. KENW's digital television and digital radio offerings will be supported by Harris' system, which is comprised of the NetVX(TM) high-speed, IT-based integrated networking platform and ReCon(TM) remote control and facility management system. The Harris solution will complement the broadcaster's digital backbone, providing a bi-directional audio, video and data communications network to source and return regional feeds between KENW's main facility in Portales and 15 transmission sites dispersed throughout the region, including Midway, Hobbs and Roswell, which all use Harris Diamond(TM) transmitters. The reach of KENW's terrestrial broadcast covers 36,000 square miles in southeastern New Mexico -- an area larger than Massachusetts. As KENW transitions from analog to digital, NetVX will integrate into the existing infrastructure, digitizing KENW's television, radio and educational content services, employing multiplexing and grooming technology for the delivery of broadcast-quality digital video and high-speed Internet services. The new system replaces six legacy analog transport systems and unifies four channels of distance learning with analog and digital television and radio services. The management and control component ensures reliability via transmitter site diagnostics checks and complete network remote control. "Instead of having six analog receiver/transmitter channels, the Harris solution introduces a single transmitter-receiver pair connecting remote sites to our Portales hub," said Jeff Burmeister, KENW's director of engineering. "We are digitizing and multiplexing all of these services through NetVX, which then transports it all as a single data stream and pushes the information and digital services along the network. At every location, there's NetVX that can extract data from the stream and decode data as required. That's a lot less hardware at each location, and that means a lot less opportunity for things to go wrong." "Harris' central-casting solution is an ideal contribution-distribution model for increasing KENW's bandwidth capacity and network flexibility," said Jim Denny, vice president and general manager of Harris Broadcast Communications Division's Networking and Government Solutions business unit. "KENW has begun to realize return on its investment in Harris' system for network connectivity as the broadcaster is delivering cleaner audio and video signals to its audience." About Harris Corporation Harris Corporation is an international communications technology company focused on providing assured communications(TM) products, systems and services for government and commercial customers. The company's operating divisions serve markets for government communications, tactical radio, broadcast, and microwave systems. Harris provides systems and service to customers in more than 150 countries. Harris Broadcast Communications Division is one of the world's leading suppliers of broadcast technology, offering a full range of solutions that support the digital delivery, automation and management of audio, video and data. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Martha Rapp, Broadcast Communications Division, Harris Corporation, +1-217-221-7577, or ; or K.C. Du Fay, Sterling Communications, Inc, +1-415-749-6550, or Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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