Harris Corporation Equips Transmission Facility at Jordan Media City Company for New Arabsat Services
September 08 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that it has fulfilled a
significant order for a range of Harris broadcast equipment for
Jordan Media City Co. (JMC) in Amman, Jordan. The equipment is
being used to support a new multichannel playout facility dedicated
to the Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat), the
leading satellite services company in the Middle East. The order
included nine NEXIO(TM) server platforms, an Integrator(R) Gold
wideband digital multi-rate router, an Inscriber(R) G3(TM) HD/SD-
selectable character generator (CG) system, Videotek(R) TVM-850
test and measurement instruments, NEO(R) SuiteView(TM) modular
multiviewer and a range of infrastructure products. Initially
accommodating 16 channels, the new playout facility at JMC went on
air September 1, 2006. JMC will gradually expand the facility to
accommodate 32 channels. "We have been extremely satisfied with
Harris over the last few years since the company first installed
its NEXIO server platforms at our facility at JMC to play out eight
channels," said Radi Alkhas, CEO of JMC. "Since then, our facility
has been through a number of phased expansions with Harris, all of
which have been very successful. We have been extremely pleased
with the robustness and efficiency of the NEXIO(TM) servers --
Harris continues to deliver the results." The new playout facility
provides services to Arabsat to broadcast its programmes within the
Middle East region. The 16-channel transmission system is based on
nine NEXIO server platforms with more than 1000 hours of storage.
The NEXIO(TM) platforms are split across two domains: the ingest
domain is configured as eight record/play ports and eight play
ports, while the transmission domain is configured as two
record/play and 18 play ports. This configuration offers an
effective redundancy solution for the client as the ingest domain
provides backup for the transmission domain in the event of a
failure. The playout automation for this multichannel service is
based on a Pebble Beach Neptune automation system, and the archive
is provided by a Sony PetaSite(TM) S Series tape library. Content
is copied between the ingest domain, transmission domain and
digital library over a fast Gigabit network. "This installation is
a testament to our ability to deliver large, multichannel,
server-based solutions to meet our customers' workflow and business
requirements as these change and grow," said Dave Dougall, vice
president of Europe, Middle East and Africa sales for the Harris
Broadcast Communications Division. "The success of this
installation speaks volumes, as JMC's operations have expanded
significantly over the last couple of years, and the NEXIO servers
have been at the core of this expansion." NEXIO(TM) is a modular,
scalable server system for transmission and news environments,
which offers integrated application platforms for editing, browsing
and media management across a multi-tiered storage hierarchy.
NEXIO(TM) provides exceptional fault tolerance and interoperability
(including IP), and supports multiple compression formats in both
standard and high definition, industry-standard control protocols,
third-party file formats and ASI interface, providing broadcasters
with the flexibility they need to meet any future requirements. As
an operation grows, the modular and scalable NEXIO(TM) design
allows users to build systems -- up to 28.8 terabyte in a single
domain -- in small, low-cost increments. About Jordan Media City
(JMC) JMC -- a free media zone in Amman -- provides production and
broadcast services. For this purpose, JMC operates three television
studios and an EFP mobile van, equipped with the latest digital
cameras, recording, linear and non-linear editing and server
technology. A number of earth stations for uplinking on Nilesat,
Arabsat, Eutelsat (Hotbird) and PanAmSat are in use for DTH and
occasional transmissions. Additional information about Jordan Media
City is available at http://www.jordanmediacity.com/ 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 $3.5 billion and nearly
14,000 employees -- including more than 6,000 engineers and
scientists -- dedicated to the development of best-in-class assured
communications(TM) products, systems, software 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/. See Harris
Broadcast Communications Division IBC Stand 7:621 & M225
DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Laura Whitaker, Vice
President, Marketing Communications, of Harris Broadcast
Communications Division, , +1-408-782-1201; or Meriam Khan of MKM
Marketing Communications, , +44 (0)20 8141 4703 Web site:
http://www.harris.com/ http://www.jordanmediacity.com/
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