MELBOURNE, Fla. and
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Harris® integrated solution to simplify workflows at
Turkmenistan TV and drive greater production and cost
efficiencies
- Selenio™ integrated media convergence platform to support
Turkmenistan TV's IPTV platform
- Quick delivery and installation needed to meet launch date of
1st October 2011
(IBC2011, Stand 7.G20) — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS),
an international communications and information technology company,
has secured significant orders from Turkmenistan TV, the state
broadcaster in Turkmenistan, for
an end-to-end integrated Harris broadcast solution. The
Harris products are shipping to meet the tight delivery and
installation deadlines — as the station is due to go on air on
1st October 2011.
The orders, which were awarded earlier this year by Turkmenistan
TV, comprises best-in-class Harris products that will furnish the
company's all new Tv-Tower facility in Ashgabat including the master control rooms,
production studios, Outside Broadcast vehicles, as well as the
playout and news centres. Harris products will also be used
to launch Turkmenistan TV's first IPTV offering.
Istanbul-based Polimeks, the
largest construction company in Turkey and its subsidiary company and system
integrator, Policom Technology and Foreign Trade Company, secured
this project in Ashgabat and
worked in collaboration with Harris Broadcast Communications.
Harris and Bilgi Park, the
Harris dealer in Turkey, worked
closely to finalize the product requirements for this project.
"The Tv-Tower project is a massive television complex that
combines broadcasting, production, acquisition, post production and
a variety of links facilities needed for transmitting a range of HD
programs. When complete, this will be one of the best
examples of modern broadcast technology in a state-of-the-art
television facility," said Emre
Dagdeviren, general manager at Policom. "We chose
Harris as our technology partner on this complex project because
the company has a long history in the design and manufacture of
reliable and robust broadcast products and we know we can depend on
them to deliver the promised solutions."
Dagdeviren continues, "The Harris IPTV systems will distribute
both the off air signal for our executives and crew to view around
the new facility but it will also be used to transmit our signal
over the air. We believe that this IPTV solution is the best
way to transmit so many channels of HD programming across different
platforms. Harris is collaborating with our engineers to
provide the best implementation of their integrated solutions —
even as the dust continues to cover the construction site."
The orders at Turkmenistan TV consist of some of the latest
Harris products from the Workflow, Infrastructure & Networking
(WIN) family of products including the latest offering from the
NEXIO AMP® servers, NEXIO Farad™ high-performance online storage,
Platinum™ routers, Inscriber® G7™ integrated HD/SD broadcast
graphics system, playout automation system with integrated Invenio
asset management, the HView™ SX Hybrid multiviewers, Videotek® test
and measurement devices, a wealth of signal processing,
distribution and conversion products as well as Intraplex®
multiplexer solutions and PR&E® audio consoles for their radio
broadcast facility.
The IPTV project will include the InfoCaster™ digital signage
solution integrated with the newly launched Selenio™ integrated
media convergence platform to support the intelligent, efficient
management of IP, compressed and baseband signals.
"This is one of the largest broadcast projects that has been
awarded anywhere in the world in recent years," said Harris Morris, president, Harris Broadcast
Communications. "The win at Turkmenistan TV represents another key
success for the Harris integrated solutions approach that has been
so successful at many broadcast installations around the
world."
Morris continued, "Our expanded regional presence has enabled us
to work closely with all the engineering teams involved with the
Turkmenistan TV project to bring this facility to life in time for
its launch next month. The scale of the project has demanded
accurate timing and precision processing, and the backing of all
teams has been unfailing throughout this process."
In broadcast communications, 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 The Polimeks Group (Polimeks Construction
Company)
Polimeks, the largest construction company in Turkey, is ranked 43rd in the Engineering
News-Record magazine Top 225 Global Contractors and 59th in The Top
225 International Contractors' category. The systems
integrator Policom Technology Inc. is a subsidiary of Polimeks
Construction Company. This Turkish information and
communications technology company has long standing partnerships
with some of the world's leading technology providers including
those in audio visual communications, broadcasting, smart card
applications, personal computing and networking peripheral
installations, high-end security systems, e-learning, technology
and innovation centers, as well as the design and implementation of
e-government solutions.
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 $6 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.
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