Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Help Modernize International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America Facility
January 09 2008 - 9:36AM
PR Newswire (US)
Broadcast Systems Integrator CEI Chosen to Design and Install VOA
Broadcast System CINCINNATI and NEWINGTON, Va., Jan. 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an
international communications and information technology company,
has been awarded a contract from broadcast systems integrator
Communications Engineering Inc. to help modernize the International
Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America (VOA) facility in
Washington, D.C. Communications Engineering Inc. (CEI) is designing
the facility's new broadcast system. Under the contract, Harris
Broadcast Communications will provide master control, routing and
quality control systems -- including 12 channels of master control
playback controlled by a Harris automation system, extensive ingest
and record list control, NEO(R) and 6800+(TM) modular series frame
synchronizers and converters, and Videotek(R) VTM-3100 test
monitors. "CEI chose the Harris automation solution because VOA
demanded high reliability and a proven system widely used in the
industry in order to broadcast information," said Lawrence Brody,
president and CEO of CEI. The VOA broadcasts news and information
to more than 115 million people weekly through television, radio
and the Internet, as well as to a growing worldwide network of more
than 1,200 local affiliate stations. The International Broadcasting
Bureau provides administrative and engineering support for U.S.
government-funded, nonmilitary, international broadcast services,
such as the VOA. Harris Broadcast Communications offers products,
systems and services that provide interoperable workflow solutions
that span the entire broadcast delivery chain. The Harris ONE
approach brings together highly integrated and cost-effective
products that are ideal for emerging media business models and for
customers upgrading media operations to digital and high-definition
services. About CEI CEI, located in Newington, Va., is a leading,
award-winning broadcast and multimedia systems integrator. The
company also offers complete equipment service, support and
training, and supplies products and services to federal agencies
and organizations through GSA. CEI has helped to define the leading
edge of systems engineering and implementation for the
communications industry since the mid-1980s. 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 over $4 billion and
16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and
scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured
communications(TM) products, systems, and services. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Susan Sheppard, Government Solutions Unit, +1-585-624-7969, , or
David Glidden, Vice President, Marketing Operations,
+1-513-459-3639, , both of Harris Broadcast Communications Web
site: http://www.harris.com/
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