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One Company. One Direction. The Future.
Turn on a television or a radio almost anywhere in the world. Chances are excellent that the signal you receive is being broadcast with hardware from Harris Corporation's Broadcast Communications Division. Indeed, since Harris Broadcast Communications was founded in 1922, the company has become a leader in the global markets it serves, providing products, systems and services to customers in more than 125 countries. Harris is regarded as one of the world's foremost developers and manufacturers of analog and television transmission systems with well over 70 major technological "firsts" including many world standards that have literally changed the way our world sees and hears itself.
Over the last year, Harris has invested more than US$800 million to expand and develop its broadcast offering. The company is committed to the broadcast industry and focused on helping customers succeed as they transition to the digital media world. Through acquisitions and internal development, Harris has become the ONE choice for integrated workflow solutions for the rapidly changing broadcast, distribution and entertainment industries.
Visit our Broadcast Communications web-site:
www.broadcast.harris.com
Harris Broadcast Communications Business Units:
Harris Broadcast Communications consists of several business units focused on meeting the needs of radio and television broadcasters worldwide. These business units are tightly integrated to enable broadcasters to profit from new, multichannel services, get on air fast with high definition and effectively project their brand.
Radio Broadcast Systems offers radio's most complete range of products and integrated systems, including Harris' industry-leading analog and digital transmitters, PR&E audio and networking consoles, and many proprietary technologies that reduce the cost of conversion to digital transmission and enable such new services as surround sound and multi-channel operation. This business can provide single products or end-to-end systems including nationwide networks with hundreds of transmitters. Its solutions are scalable to meet the needs of all broadcasters. Harris radio products are backed by unmatched service and training.
Television Broadcast Systems is a leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital television transmission systems for global broadcast and mobile applications. Harris offers proprietary technologies that increase operating efficiencies and facilitate remote operation. Harris also offers a wide range of digital television products, and can support requirements for large international systems. Harris television products are backed by unmatched service and training.
Software Systems is a leading provider of software solutions for advertising, media management (traffic, billing and scheduling), broadband, digital asset management, and automation for workflow management. Software Systems offers modular, standards-based solutions with open APIs for maximum ease of integration and future scalability.
Networking Solutions provides highly differentiated network access and multiplex platforms, including the Harris Intraplex and NetVX™ solutions. The business unit offers customized integrated content management and distribution applications to support television, government video, and public safety applications.
Infrastructure and Networking Solutions was formed following the 2005 acquisition of Leitch Technology, an industry leader in high-performance, multi-format solutions for professional digital video. This unit of Harris offers standard-definition/high-definition (SD/HD) products and systems that enable media companies to streamline workflow from production through transmission. A comprehensive, next-generation portfolio of processors, routers, master control and branding systems, network monitoring and control software, and test and measurement instruments supports content throughout the workflow application chain. Networking solutions like Intraplex® and NetVX™ offer customized integrated management and distribution of any content across any connection.
Digital Media combines the power of Harris server systems with the award-winning Inscriber® broadcast graphics line, editing solutions and digital signage. The Digital Media group enables simple transition of a broadcast workflow into the IT world.
History: Growth through Innovation, Acquisitions and Product Line Expansion:
1922: Less than two years after KDKA, one of the United States' first radio station, signed on the air in Pittsburgh, Henry and Cora Gates established Gates Radio in a rented apartment in Quincy, Illinois. The company's first product was a five-tube radio receiver developed by the Gates' 14-year-old son, Parker, and retailing for $275. Parker, a consummate inventor, developed many new products over the years including such industry "firsts" as the condenser microphone and a remote amplifier that enabled events to originate away from a studio. In 1936, Gates Radio introduced its first transmitter to support the fledgling radio industry.
1957: Gates Radio becomes the first electronics firm acquired by Harris Intertype Corporation (now Harris Corporation).
1969: Harris enters the television market with its first line of VHF and UHF transmitters.
1988: Harris becomes the world's leading radio distributor with the acquisition of Allied Broadcast Equipment Corporation in Richmond, Indiana.
1991: Harris acquires TVT, a transmitter manufacturer in England, and the systems business of Midwest Communications Corporation based in Northern Kentucky.
1997: Harris acquires ITIS of Rennes, France. ITIS is the leading developer of COFDM technology used in European-standard DVB and DAB transmission systems.
1998: Harris acquires Intraplex, a leader in the development of a full range of application-specific network access products.
1999: Harris acquires Pacific Research & Engineering (PR&E). In addition to an industry-leading console line, PR&E is a leader in broadcast furniture and radio studio systems.
2000: Harris acquires Louth Automation in Silicon Valley, California. The Louth name had become synonymous with television automation.
2001: Harris acquires the Hirschmann Multimedia Communications Network (MCN), Rankweil, Austria, a leader in European-standard DVB-T and DAB transmitters and digital cable systems.
2004: Harris acquires Question d'Image, a developer of digital content management solutions.
2004: Harris acquires Encoda Systems, a global leader in broadcast media software. The acquisition gives Harris the industry-standard traffic and billing system and highly synergistic automation and digital asset management solutions. (Encoda acquired Arkemedia, a digital asset management firm, in 2004 before Harris acquired Encoda.)
2005: Harris Corporation acquires Leitch Technology Corporation, becoming the global leader of Total Content Delivery for the digital media world. Leitch's product line includes high-performance video systems for the television industry including routers and distribution equipment, signal processing, signal management and monitoring, servers and storage area networks, branding software and post-production editing systems.
2007: Harris merged its Microwave Communications Division with Stratex Networks creating Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., the world's leading independent supplier of wireless transmission systems serving customers in more than 135 countries.
2007: Harris acquired Multimax, Incorporated, a leading supplier of network-centric IT and communications services to the U.S. government. Multimax significantly expanded Harris' IT Services business, making Harris a powerful force in the growing U.S. government IT outsourcing market.
Harris Broadcast Communications — A Division of Harris Corporation:
Harris Broadcast Communications is a division of Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees - including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications™ products, systems, and services for global markets, including government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission network solutions.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at:
www.harris.com
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