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To: Jay King who wrote (120)	5/5/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 193

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.

To: Jay King who wrote (120)	6/15/1998 8:07:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 193

New Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope Gives Engineers Three Dimensions to Every Signal BEAVERTON, Ore., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK) today unveiled a new class of test instrumentation that delivers the increased performance and visibility required by engineers working with complex electronic signals. The Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope -- DPO -- uses new patented technology to analyze and measure complex signals in design applications such as video and communications. Tektronix's first entry into the digital phosphor arena is a family of seven DPOs. Using revolutionary DPX(TM) technology, these new products are capable of operating in high-speed environments of up to 2 GHz in bandwidth on four channels. With today's microprocessor speeds topping 400 MHz and new designs edging toward use of 1 GHz processors, DPX makes an information-rich display possible. Providing up to 1,000 times more signal data than digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs) currently on the market, DPX -- a waveform imaging processor designed specifically for acquiring and managing the three dimensions of every signal -- allows the human eye to integrate subtle details and variations of signal behavior. This new signal display enables engineers to debug and verify the performance of their designs with greater precision and speed. The inaugural DPO continues a commitment to oscilloscope innovation at Tektronix. Credited with the creation of the first advanced oscilloscope -- a test instrument upon which the company's initial business was built -- Tektronix Measurement Business Division represents 44 percent of the company's revenues. "Our oscilloscope business has always made a significant contribution to the company's bottom line and we expect the DPO will continue that tradition," said Dan Terpack, president, Measurement Business Division. "Our competitors have introduced new features to existing products. We're introducing a new class of instrumentation that will move technology to the next level." According to the industry research firm Prime Data, the oscilloscope is the largest product-specific category of test equipment, with a market sized at $1.46 billion. The DPO is Different than an ART or DSO Although digital storage oscilloscopes (DSO) have been the mainstay of electronic design engineers for over 15 years, the DSO has limited signal definition and display capabilities and has not displaced analog real-time oscilloscopes (ARTs), first used in World War II. With the invention of the Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, engineers can now display, store and analyze complex signals in three dimensions. Essentially, the DPO combines the best features of the ART and the DSO, while improving the performance of both, at a price comparable to oscilloscopes of similar bandwidth configuration on the market today. "As far as I'm concerned, this Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope has an analog scope built in. Its display is as good as any analog oscilloscope I've ever seen. It shows the gray scaling of an analog scope that allows me to immediately find problems in disk drive sectors. Digital storage oscilloscopes can't do this," said Dale Giles, R&D Lab manager, VTC Corporation, Bloomington, Minn.