Harris Broadcast Addresses Content Lifecycle at Convergence India 2013

Harris Broadcast comes to Convergence India for the first time this January, bringing a range of innovative products and solutions that will demonstrate how broadcasters can cost-effectively manage every stage of the content lifecycle and generate new revenue streams (Stand C-7, Hall 18 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, January 16-18, 2013).

The content lifecycle demonstration will include the recently launched Versio™ integrated playout platform for channel-in-a-box workflows, the Harris® Selenio™ media convergence platform and Videotek® test and measurement tools for signal analysis and monitoring.

“Convergence India is poised to play a principle role in setting the direction for strategic growth of the broadcast and cable industry moving forward,” said Said Bacho, vice president sales and service, Middle East & South Asia for Harris Broadcast. “The deadline for India to go digital is December 2014 and massive changes are required to create the infrastructure needed. We’re very much looking forward to exhibiting at the show and talking to visitors about their requirements.”

The Harris Versio solution has altered the course of channel-in-a-box design for broadcasters, delivering the industry’s most complete all-in-one solution to help customers rapidly launch, expand and sustain their on-air channels and services — while strengthening revenue growth and protection.

Selenio is proven to help broadcasters reduce infrastructure and costs while strengthening operations. Newer features include the Selenio MDX2 multiplexer module to reduce video headend infrastructure for digital TV (DTV) broadcasters. An industry first, the MDX2 has a built-in DVB-T2 gateway that can combine up to eight physical layer pipes within a single output stream — enabling delivery of multiple tiers of digital services. The MDX2 also features a built-in single-network frequency adaptation for signal distribution across large over-the-air DTV networks — ideal for DVB-T/T2 and ISDB-Tb standards.

Harris will also display its Videotek MSA-300 multi-source analyser and ASI-STAR® portable transport stream monitor.

The MSA-300 is ideal for mission-critical needs at network operation centers and other multichannel monitoring installations, coupling confidence monitoring with full testing of compressed video conformance, audio level (including loudness) and data services on any terrestrial broadcast, cable headend, satellite or telco network. Cost-effective and compact with built-in redundancy, the MSA-300 is ideal for today's video-over-IP infrastructures while still supporting legacy delivery interfaces. The battery-powered ASI-STAR allows users to record and play out sample and test streams in DVB-ASI format, with simple verification of transmitted data via transport stream-embedded visual tables.

Visitors will also see the NEXIO mCAPTURE™ media stream recorder, which records HD and SD MPEG-2 and H.264 content using GPI or schedule control. Programs are selected from single- or multi-program transport streams and stored as MPEG-compliant program stream files for interoperability. Content can be trimmed and formatted using Harris Velocity XNG™ editors and other editing systems, with the Harris Digital Turnaround Processor™ (DTPTM) or NEXIO servers supporting playout.

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