BEAVERTON, Ore., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK), a
digital video leader, today announced that Turner Entertainment Networks has
chosen the Tektronix Profile(R) video file server to transition the TNT
(Turner Network Television) cable network to an MPEG-2 server-based solution.
The Profile servers will replace TNT's tape-based cart system.
Working with the Tektronix System Management Group to design the
multi-channel MPEG-2 4:2:2 Profile system, Turner Entertainment Networks plans
to install it in its Atlanta-based programming origination facility. Turner
Entertainment Networks currently has Tektronix Grass Valley Master controls,
production switchers, modular and editor products installed, as well as
Tektronix Profile PDR100 video file servers.
"First and foremost, Turner is looking for select Technology Partners who
understand our business issues and can work with us to develop solutions that
address our specific business requirements," said Suzanne Donino, Turner
Entertainment Networks' senior vice president of Network Operations.
"Tektronix is a company that we've identified as a Strategic Business partner
and are working with to assist us in defining our technology development and
implementation plans. The commitment to Tektronix' Profiles for TNT provide
us an immediate means to address our SDTV needs and future HDTV plans as the
networks migrate to an HDTV transmission."
"We see huge potential in the Turner Entertainment Networks and Tektronix
partnership as it moves forward," said Tim Thorsteinson, president, Video and
Networking Division, Tektronix. "Our Digital Media Foundation initiative,
based on our world-class Profile video file servers, will help Turner
Entertainment Networks meet its technological objective of migrating to a
component serial digital infrastructure and their business goal of becoming
more competitive with regionalized feeds."
The multiple output capability of the Profile server, coupled with the
MPEG-2 storage capacity of the system, will allow events broadcast on the East
Coast to be time shifted to allow airing on the West coast at the same local
time. In addition, the system will allow program and commercial content to the
West Coast to be modified, if required. Tektronix will be assisting Pro-Bel
America, the automation software chosen by Turner, to implement the system.
"We've had good success with Tektronix in the past. Our first entry into
the disk storage technology was with PDR100 two years ago. With the delivery
of MPEG2 4:2:2 in the Tektronix PDR200 Profiles, we're able to increase
storage density and lay the digital media foundation for future development of
our network services," said Donino. |
