Communications Division announces a prominent display for the emerging
mobile TV market at IBC2006, with ongoing demonstrations at its main
stand (7.621, Hall 7) and the Mobile Zone (M225). Its participation in
early stage trials across Europe and Australia, as well as its
development of transmitters for Modeo and Qualcomm MediaFLO U.S.A.
applications (both scheduled to launch by 2007), have positioned Harris
as a leading transmission vendor for mobile TV applications. At IBC2006,
Harris will demonstrate mobile TV broadcasts for the leading standards
(DVB-H, FLOT and T-DMB) featuring Harris transmitters and
infrastructure/networking products, as well as third-party receiving
equipment.
of products available today from Harris," said Dale Mowry, vice
president and general manager of Harris Broadcast Communications
Division, Television Broadcast Systems business unit. "Beyond our
leadership in transmission platforms for mobile TV, a broad range of
Harris content delivery solutions for mobile TV will be on display,
including platforms for DVB-H, FLO and T-DMB applications. Each standard
offers viable benefits for operators. IBC is an excellent opportunity to
demonstrate these benefits and how Harris is equipped to offer the most
complete, technically sound transmission and infrastructure solutions in
the broadcast industry."
Mobile TV transmission solutions from Harris have been used to develop
and prove the effectiveness of the DVB-H, FLO and T-DMB standards for
mobile broadcast television. The company will highlight its complete
mobile TV product range through four separate demonstrations in the
Mobile Zone. A Harris NetVXT networking system will deliver content to
the Mobile Zone from the main Harris stand in some demonstrations.
DVB-H over UHF
The Harris DVB-H UHF solutions are world proven in both high- and
low-power applications. The higher-power Atlas liquid-cooled transmitter
(offered in versions from 1.25 to 9 kW) is featured in the main Harris
booth. In the Mobile Zone, Harris is delivering DVB-H content to a
handset via the Atlas DTV-660 air-cooled UHF transmitter, which is
offered in power levels up to 1.5 kW.
DVB-H over L-Band
The Harris Cool PlayT Mobile TV transmitter offers a unique
"convection-cooled" architecture for outdoor installations. The 1670 MHz
version of the transmitter will transmit video to a handset developed
for Modeo, a U.S. DVB-H operator. The Cool Play 1670 transmitter is
available at power levels up to 400 watts in L-Band.
FLOT over UHF
The entire of range of Harris ATSC transmitters are now available for
FLO applications, based on the new Harris Apex FLO exciter that Harris
is featuring in the Mobile Zone. Harris will receive live transmissions
of a multichannel FLO service on a handset. This marks the first Harris
display in Europe of FLO transmission products.
T-DMB over DAB
As one of the market leaders and pioneers in DAB, Harris has a full line
of VHF and L-Band DAB transmitters that can be used to deliver mobile TV
over DAB. In the Mobile Zone, Harris will demonstrate the receipt of
digital radio channels and multichannel TV on a T-DMB handset from a
Harris DAB-660 transmitter. Harris will demonstrate how the standard's
highly efficient audio encoding allows for transmission of multiple
digital radio and video channels using the same transmitter.
At the Harris booth, the company will display its strengths in
terrestrial TV transmission. The Harris AtlasT transmitter family will
be prominently displayed in the delivery section of the Harris stand. As
a global UHF transmitter platform, the Atlas liquid-cooled transmitter
family supports analog, digital and mobile television standards.
Visitors can see an active demonstration of the Atlas DVB-T/DVB-H
platform delivering HDTV and H.264 mobile TV content. A widescreen
display will receive and broadcast the HDTV content, with the H.264
mobile content received on a handheld device.
The terrestrial TV area also will include a demonstration of the
Harris/Neural Audio MultiMerge for DTV. MultiMerge uses intelligent
detection to blend any audio (mono, stereo, matrix encoded stereo (L/R),
and 5.1 discrete content) into a seamless, uninterrupted 5.1 surround
sound stream.
Harris began developing terrestrial transmission platforms for mobile TV
in 2004 after participating in early demonstrations and the development
of the DVB-H standard. The company's recent acquisition of Leitch
Technology adds a range of servers, routers, switchers and processing
equipment to HarrisR NetVX video encoding and distribution systems,
providing the infrastructure for bringing content into the mobile TV
headend. Meanwhile, equipment from the Harris Software Systems business
unit adds a complement of broadband software and distribution equipment
for network management, traffic scheduling, digital asset management and
ad insertion, among other applications. The entire portfolio gives
Harris the most comprehensive solution for mobile TV.
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