Tribune Broadcasting Selects Harris Corporation's Digital Turnaround Processor for 21 Stations
April 06 2006 - 12:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
DTP to Form Core Component in Tribune's Broadcast of THE TUBE Music
Network Programming CINCINNATI, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that its Digital
Turnaround Processor (DTP) has been selected by Tribune
Broadcasting for 21 of its stations, and will comprise a core
component in Tribune's upcoming broadcast of THE TUBE Music Network
programming. The DTP is an all-MPEG-2 compressed stream processor
that allows broadcasters to seamlessly splice, rate-shape and
overlay still and animated graphics/logos on pre-compressed,
high-definition and standard-definition streams inexpensively and
with superior video quality. The DTP allows a remotely encoded DTV
signal to be localized with such applications as logo overlays,
crawls, time and temperature, stock information, and local weather
and news, enabling content owners to derive additional revenue from
their national content by making it more relevant to local
audiences. In addition, the DTP has the ability to save MPEG-2
spots (for later splicing) on mirrored internal storage received
over an IP network. By avoiding artifact-inducing MPEG
decode/re-encode concatenation, the original MPEG stream picture
quality is preserved to the greatest extent possible. "We wanted a
system that would enable support of industry-standard protocols for
control as well as text ingest and audio insertion for EAS
(Emergency Alert System) messages and text crawls across all
channels of our multiplex," said Ira Goldstone, vice
president/chief technology officer, Tribune Broadcasting.
"Additionally, channel logo insertion, pre-encoded spot delivery,
SCTE 35 controlled spot playout and spliced insertion were
important features we required to meet our business objectives.
Java GUI and PSIP generation were also important. The DTP was the
only system we found that could do it all." THE TUBE will be
available on Tribune television stations in New York, Chicago, Los
Angeles and 15 other major U.S. markets, potentially reaching 17 to
19 million homes. THE TUBE takes advantage of multicasting
technology, which allows broadcasting stations to distribute a main
signal plus up to three secondary signals. Tribune stations will
begin broadcasting THE TUBE Music Network programming this summer.
"We are pleased that Tribune Broadcasting has selected our DTP
system for this major project," said Tim Thorsteinson, president
for Harris Broadcast Communications Division's Leitch Business
Unit. "Working entirely in the compressed domain, the DTP enables
broadcasters to decrease storage requirements, lower distribution
costs and streamline operations, and we look forward to helping
Tribune capitalize on its stations' digital broadcast capabilities
and provide this new programming to its viewers." About Harris
Corporation Harris is an international communications and
information technology company serving government and commercial
markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in Melbourne,
Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion and more
than 13,000 employees -- including 5,500 engineers and scientists
-- dedicated to the development of best-in-class assured
communications(TM) products, systems, and services. The company's
operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF
communications, broadcast communications, and microwave
communications. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Laura Whitaker, Vice President, Leitch
Marketing Communications, +1-408-782-1201, or , for Harris Web
site: http://www.harris.com/
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