National Mobile Television Buys Grass Valley High Definition Equipment for Mobile Trucks—Nation's Leading Remote Television Services Provider to Install $270K of Grass Valley HD Distribution Amplifiers—"The M9603HD distribution amplifier is the perfect choice for the transition from 601 digital to the new HD world. With the internal down converter we are able to continue to use current technology along with the new HD products. Thank you Grass Valley Group," said Mark Brooks, vice president of engineering, National Mobile Television. "Grass Valley has 40 years of experience in providing leading-edge distribution products. Our first distribution amplifier was designed specifically for ABC's coverage of the 1964 Democratic Convention. Since then, our distribution amplifier product line has grown to cover just about every conceivable type of distribution amplifier available. Grass Valley distribution amplifiers are the smart choice for reliable signal distribution," said Tim Thorsteinson, president and chief operating officer, Grass Valley Group. National Mobile Television purchased the M9603HD Monitoring distribution amplifiers, part of the award-winning M9600 HDTV product line. Designed to extend the life of a standard resolution monitor, the M9603HD allows HDTV signals to be monitored using either NTSC or serial digital input (SDI) on standard definition monitors. Its intended application is to verify signal presence and monitor video content in on-air, production and post-production environments. The M9603HD provides four 1.5 Gbps outputs for HDTV distribution and two NTSC and two serial component digital outputs for low-cost standard definition monitoring. Grass Valley distribution amplifiers are a part of the Grass Valley Group Digital Media Foundation™ (DMF) initiative which provides broadcasters, producers and content suppliers a distributed network of storage devices, linked via audio/video routers and data networks, offering an open systems environment for applications ranging from editing and live production to on-air replay. It defines a strategy for a gradual, cost-effective transition toward digital television, maximizing a customer's investment in digital facilities. Whether it's distributing video over the air, through digital broadcast facilities and across standard data networks, or providing the industry's best video storage or production products, the Grass Valley Group has the digital solution. The Grass Valley Group continues its video industry leadership with new Profile® and Grass Valley products to enable video professionals to realize the full potential of going digital. Grass Valley Group is a new, privately-held digital broadcast and video equipment company that has entered into an agreement to acquire the video content production business of Tektronix Inc. Grass Valley Group is a recognized technology leader, with more than 40 years of television broadcast experience. Its heritage includes numerous patents for television technology, as well as helping to shepherd the broadcast television industry through several critical technology transitions, including the move from black-and-white to color transmission and the move from analog to digital broadcasting. Grass Valley Group's product lines include the Emmy® award-winning Profile digital video server family and the Grass Valley router, switcher and modular product lines. For the latest Grass Valley Group product information, see www.grassvalleygroup.com. # Grass Valley Group and Profile are registered trademarks and Grass Valley and Digital Media Foundation are trademarks of Grass Valley Group. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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