Channel Release

Connect your playout center to your traffic and billing systems, and protect your brand no matter how content is delivered.

Channel Release Systems Offer Efficiency and Economy

Television's master control operation has evolved from simply switching between video sources into "channel presentation" -- a complex combination of video, branding and localized information. Broadcasters now require flexible, modular channel release systems to deliver high impact, rich channels reliably, easily and efficiently, without increasing the rest of their infrastructure or adding expense.

The Harris Icon™ series of master control and branding products is the most advanced and comprehensive set of solutions available, offering options for both SD and HD and manual or automated operation to cover the needs of virtually any size facility. The Icon products' modular design allows them to be configured for present needs, with the flexibility to change as a station's needs grow. For example, an entry-level IconLogo™ branding solution can be upgraded all the way up to the IconMaster™ master control switcher with multilayer branding functions.

Adherence to open architecture and industry standards in Harris playout automation systems, ADC and D-Series, also assures compatibility with other vendors' products, including servers, routers, satellite receivers, graphics devices and signal processing equipment.

A facility operating with Harris traffic and playout automation systems reaps valuable benefits. The tight software integration of the two workflows permits channel release to communicate back and forth along a station's infrastructure. Playout instructions are taken from the traffic system, and the as-played information is automatically confirmed back to traffic so that invoices can be issued.

Harris' modular, building-block approach to its traffic, automation, master control and graphics systems allows customers to realize full channel release at their own pace -- acquiring what they need, when they need it -- secure in the knowledge that their Harris channel release system can grow with their business.