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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (32930)	5/5/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

"T" is for Turner and Tektronix. Tektonix and DiviCom are working together........... newsalert.com <<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." >>