Harris Software Systems Asia Pacific, an operation of Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division, announced that Prime New Zealand has purchased a complete airtime sales, programme management, automation and digital asset management system. The end-to-end solution, which will provide highly efficient and dynamic management of sales and on-air operation, includes the Harris Landmark airtime sales system, the Vision Programme Management system, Harris Automation, and Invenio(R) digital asset management.
The company also released details of significant orders which have been received in four markets across the Asia Pacific region in the last 12 months. Kevin Dauphinee has been appointed VP of automation and digital asset management solution sales for Harris Software Systems’ Asia Pacific operation. Based in Beijing, Dauphinee replaces Cheng Fan, who has been promoted to head international channel development for the Broadcast Communications Division.
At Broadcast Asia, Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division (BCD) showcases its flexibility across the television industry’s leading analogue and digital transmission standards with a display of its Atlas(TM) Analogue UHF solid-state transmitter. The entire Atlas Analogue range (2.5 to 30 kW) is generating global interest with its cost-effective upgrade path to DVB-T and other digital TV standards. At Broadcast Asia, Harris is highlighting a single-cabinet Atlas Analogue that is specifically geared for broadcasters seeking to replace older, less efficient tube transmitters with more reliable solid-state technology.
Visitors to the Harris booth at Broadcast Asia will find new growth in DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), the digital radio standard of choice for many international markets, and a new, flexible console that is ideal for international markets in need of a compact yet full-featured system for the digital studio.
At Broadcast Asia, Harris is also introducing its H-Class Content Delivery Platform, a revolutionary new approach to content delivery for broadcasters and content providers, to the Asia Pacific region. Harris’ H-Class platform provides these organizations the means – for the first time – to integrate disparate processes into a single, modular system that handles all content management and delivery enterprise-wide from creation to consumption. H-Class enables companies to serve the rapidly emerging “audience of one” by intelligently managing the delivery of rich digital media across multiple networks, channels, formats and devices. This provides more targeted programming and advertising content, which in turn enables the creation of new advertising models for increased revenue.
In June, Harris announced that Beijing Radio has selected Harris DAB 660 transmitters for its DMB (Digital Mobile Broadcasting) application, and that the company has secured an agreement to supply Harris Atlas(TM) DTV660 DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) transmitters to five Chinese broadcasters. Yunnan TV, Heilongjiang TV, Zhejiang TV, Chongqing TV, and Hangzhou TV have all chosen Harris Atlas DTV660 transmitters, ranging from 1.5kW to 3.4kWs, as well as a selection of low-power DVB-T transmitter and exciter products. Atlas DTV660 transmitters have been at the forefront of the transition to digital television.