DENVER, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Offers hybrid solutions for the converging baseband/broadband
arena
- Provides the highest application density of any broadcast
infrastructure solution
- Drives revenue growth while keeping operating costs down
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, introduces Selenio™, the
broadcast industry's first integrated media convergence platform.
Ideal for hybrid environments, Selenio combines traditional
baseband video and audio processing, video and audio compression
and IP networking technology into a single platform.
Selenio is flexible and modular – making it suitable for any
fixed or mobile production environment, broadcast facility or
digital terrestrial redistribution head end (DVB-T/T2, ATSC, M/H,
ISDB-T), as well as cable, satellite and IPTV head ends.
Based on proven Harris compression, networking and processing
technology, Selenio provides a space-saving, energy-efficient
solution that enables service providers to support content from
multiple sources and deliver it over multiple platforms.
Operational benefits of the Selenio media convergence platform
include intelligent, efficient management of both IP, compressed
and baseband signals, reduced control complexity, simple deployment
and increased functionality in a smaller footprint. The
unique, high-density, modular architecture lowers total cost of
ownership by reducing installation, maintenance and upgrade
costs.
"Selenio fits into customers' existing architectures and
provides all the functionality they need to run their business most
efficiently today, while also providing a cost-effective on-ramp to
the IP world as their business evolves," said Harris Morris, president of Harris Broadcast
Communications. "The convergence of baseband and IP
capability into a single platform enables customers to quickly add
revenue-generating services — from standard definition, high
definition and 3D, to mobile and Internet broadcasting — without
requiring an expensive investment in new infrastructure."
Selenio enables full-featured, multichannel video and audio
processing, distribution and compression applications at a size and
density scale unprecedented in the marketplace. Hybrid
applications such as decoding an incoming compressed,
contribution-quality stream, converting it to the required HD
format and re-encoding it for consumer redistribution are easily
managed.
The Selenio architecture is designed to maximize operational
efficiency. MPEG-2 and H.264 compression standards are
supported from SD and HD to 3 Gb/s and mobile. Virtually any
advanced audio capability — including best-in-class loudness
control — can be mixed and matched on a single module. A
built-in, highly intuitive, graphically rich Web-based interface
using Microsoft® Silverlight® technology enables operators to
easily configure, monitor and manage the platform's advanced
capabilities.
To ensure a cost-effective, seamless evolution path, inputs,
outputs and functionality can be rapidly increased to meet any new
requirement by simply adding video and audio expansion modules to
the Selenio frame. The result is a high-performance,
easy-to-operate, streamlined solution that simplifies broadcast
infrastructure and provides cost savings throughout the product
lifecycle.
Harris will exhibit the Selenio media convergence platform for
the first time at the CABSAT exhibition this week (Dubai
International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Booth S3-A21), with
its U.S. debut to follow at the 2011 NAB Show in April.
Selenio Firsts
- Industry's first media convergence platform combines baseband
processing and networking compression modules within a single,
space-saving platform
- Full-featured, multichannel video and audio processing,
distribution and compression applications enabled at a size and
density scale unprecedented in the marketplace
- Virtually any advanced audio capability — including
best-in-class DTS Neural Loudness Control technology — can be mixed
and matched on a single module
- First GUI on the market to feature functional block diagrams,
enabling any operator to confidently configure, monitor and manage
the platform's vast, advanced functionality
In broadcasting, Harris offers products, systems and services
that provide interoperable workflow solutions for broadcast, cable,
satellite and out-of-home networks. The Harris ONE™ solution
brings together highly integrated and cost-effective products that
enable advanced media workflows for emerging content delivery
business models.
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
approximately $5 billion of annual
revenue and more than 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and
services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at www.harris.com.
SOURCE Harris Corporation