Harris Corporation's Newest Broadcast Technology Wins Big at NAB2007
April 26 2007 - 11:50AM
PR Newswire (US)
CINCINNATI, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information
technology company, was honored with five prestigious industry
awards at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB2007)
convention held earlier this month in Las Vegas. Harris won TV
Technology magazine's STAR Award (Superior Technology Award
Recipient) for the CENTRIO(TM) multi-image processor; Broadcast
Engineering magazine's Pick Hit award for the Harris Channel
ONE(TM) integrated channel release solution; and Television
Broadcast magazine's Top Innovation Award for the OPTO Test(TM)
OFI-20B optical fiber identifier. The MPH(TM)
(Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld) in-band mobile DTV system, jointly
developed by Harris Corporation and LG Electronics, was also
honored at NAB2007- winning TV Technology magazine's STAR Award and
Television Broadcast magazine's Top Innovation Award. The MPH(TM)
system provides robust DTV signals to mobile, pedestrian and
handheld devices. "At NAB, we introduced a wide range of innovative
new solutions for broadcast workflows that enable broadcasters to
create new revenue models, improve customer workflows and reduce
the cost of operations," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of the
Harris Broadcast Communications Division. "Winning these
prestigious industry awards underscores the success of our strategy
to be the ONE answer for customers across the industry." The TV
Technology STAR Awards are designed to celebrate and showcase the
preeminent technological innovations available to the broadcast
industry. A panel of judges consisting of TV Technology editors and
columnists reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical
applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and
then submitted their award nominees. The Broadcast Engineering Pick
Hit Awards are the industry's longest-running new technology
awards. An anonymous panel of Broadcast Engineering readers who are
working professionals in the broadcast, post and network and
satellite industries selected the winners. Products or technologies
that receive the Television Broadcast magazine's Top Innovation
Award are nominated by industry professionals and selected
unanimously by the editorial team of Television Broadcast. These
awards are presented in recognition of Technology Insight for the
Bottom Line(TM), having combined innovative technical achievement
with workflow and cost efficiencies. Unveiled at NAB2007,
CENTRIO(TM) is a breakthrough multi-image processor designed to
streamline complex, large-system broadcast monitoring applications
and combine an advanced graphics engine and a routing
infrastructure in a single, expandable chassis. Harris Channel
ONE(TM) integrates a high-quality graphics playout server,
animations, live video, video clips, audio, real-time external data
feeds and master control functionality in a single chassis -
providing broadcasters with the necessary components to produce and
air complete television channels in high definition or standard
definition. The OPTO Test(TM) OFI-20B is a handheld, easy-to-use
optical test instrument that identifies optical fibers by detecting
the optical signals being transmitted through the fibers without
having to open the fiber. About Harris Corporation Harris is an
international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees -
including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is
dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM)
products, systems, and services for global markets, including
government communications, RF communications, broadcast
communications, and wireless transmission network solutions.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/ All trademarks are held by their respective
owners. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Laura Whitaker,
Vice President, Communications, Harris Broadcast Communications
Division, +1-408-782-1201, ; or Robin Hoffman, Pipeline
Communications, +1-973-746-6970, Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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