The 2009 NAB Show Booth N2502  

Making Money Throughout the Workflow

Harris Morris, VP of Broadcast, offers on overview of Harris’ workflow solutions, with insights on how Harris can help customers make money throughout their entire workflows, and how they can experiment with newer technology like mobile and the web using their existing content.  From content management to metadata tracking, Harris offers seamless solutions designed to monetize the multiple streams of content delivery available today.

Overview of Harris ATSC Mobile DTV solutions at NAB

Jay Adrick talks about four new Harris products that are building blocks for the ATSC mobile hand held TV infrastructure. Broadcasters using this technology will have the ability to go beyond linear television models, provide the user with a multitude of links and applications, and as a result open new revenue streams.

Harris Powers Sezmi’s Innovative Service

Phil Wiser, Chairman and President of Sezmi Corporation talks about the power of partnership between Harris and Sezmi, an innovative new television service.  “Harris…emerged as the only partner that could deliver on the traditional, broadcast content delivery as well as the on-demand, advertising and internet side of our business. Because we work with one partner, we can create an integrated system very quickly.”

Harris Wins Five Broadcast Technology Awards for New TV and Radio Transmission Solutions at NAB

CINCINNATI, May 8, 2009 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was honored with five prestigious industry awards for its latest television and radio broadcast transmission solutions at the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention held April 18-23 in Las Vegas.

Honored products include the Maxiva™ line of UHF TV transmitters, which won Broadcast Engineering magazine’s Pick Hit award and TV Technology magazine’s STAR award (Superior Technology Award Recipient); the Intraplex® HD Link™ STL (studio-to-transmitter link) transport solution, which won Radio World newspaper’s “Cool Stuff” award and Radio magazine’s Pick Hit award; and the HPX™ Series of high-power HD Radio™ tube transmitters, which also won a Radio magazine Pick Hit award.

“As a digital transmission leader, Harris has developed a comprehensive range of efficient multimedia transmission solutions that maximize digital performance and has leveraged its expertise to deliver solutions for major digital transmission network rollouts around the world,” said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications. “These award wins underscore our leadership role in the market, as we continue to offer the latest technology, while delivering significant savings in overall cost of ownership and providing a solid ROI for the broadcaster.” Read full press release at broadcast.harris.com.

A Tour of the Harris Interoperability Lab (Updated May 2009)

Harris is making the commitment to validate and certify the interoperability of not only our products, but of third-party products as well. The $2.5 million Harris Interoperability Lab in Toronto, the first of its kind, houses 43 racks of equipment spanning every major Harris Broadcast product line. The Lab validates and certifies the interoperability of Harris products and technologies, resulting in significantly improved product reliability and the delivery of efficient, tailored solutions that contribute directly to our customers’ bottom line.

At over 3,000 square feet, the Interoperability Lab is a purpose built environment that features a large central equipment room, a highly configurable master control area and a large meeting room. The Lab is a showcase for all of Harris’ software and hardware products. In this video, Stan Moote, Vice President of Development and Paul Briscoe, Manager of Strategic Engineering — Infrastructure and Networking, as well as Eugene Plawutsky, Product Level Manager, Master Control & Branding tell the Lab’s story — including the very positive response from our clients who have already visited.

Connectus enables lightning-fast workflows for distributing graphics

Connectus enables stations and facilities to take advantage of lightning-fast workflows for sharing and distributing graphics. Your graphics team can create content in Dallas, your local news director can make up-to-the-minute edits to the content from Denver, and your CG operator in New York can download the latest approved content to a graphics playback system. With Connectus, graphics designers, producers and operators have the freedom to create, share, manage and distribute their content to and from any location, any way they choose. Curtis Mutter, Product Level Manager, G-Series unpacks the power of Connectus from the show floor @ NAB 2009.

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FAME™ Video Asset Solution for Government Applications

Specifically designed for intelligence applications by experts in the broadcasting field, the Harris Full-Motion Video Asset Management Engine (FAME™) features an open platform to integrate third-party and custom applications for use by military analysts.

Download Digital Asset Management For Command Center Applications brochure (pdf)

A walk-through of the Advanced Media Workflows diagram

The Harris Broadcast Workflow Diagram prompted a lot of discussion at this year’s NAB with many people spending significant time walking through its design. The graphic was designed by a team led by Stan Moote, Harris Broadcast Vice President of Development, and Candace Helgerson, Product Marketing, Media & Workflow. In this video, Stan walks us through the diagram from a multi-platform deliver perspective.

New Plug-in for Final Cut Pro®

Harris’ Broadcast Graphics group introduced a new plugin for Final Cut Pro that allows access to offline graphics updating and rendering in 2D and 3D. Offline rendering appears live in the Final Cut Pro timeline with the ability to update tagged regions in the graphics from within FCP. G-Series Product Line Manager, Curtis Mutter introduces this exciting new plugin.

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Lyle Bunn & David Keene discuss Digital Signage trends

Two of the industry’s most knowledgeable market observers, Lyle Bunn, digital signage consultant, and David Keene, executive editor of Digital Signage Magazine, sit down to talk about the trends and future of digital signage.