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Harris Corporation Unveils Next-Generation Exporter as Part of the FlexStar Family of HD Radio Products
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LAS VEGAS, April 13, 2008 (NAB2008, Booth N2502) — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, introduces a suite of new products and upgrades to its FlexStar® family of HD Radio™ products at NAB2008, including a new exporter developed in cooperation with the National Association of Broadcasters and iBiquity Digital Radio. The Harris® HDE-200 exporter brings HD Radio broadcasters a unique feature set that better supports the delivery of multiple HD Radio program streams over a single, dedicated IP connection — at a much lower price than the previous generation of exporters. The development of the new exporter is driven by the need to fortify the E2X (exporter-to-exciter) protocol in the HD Radio transmission chain while minimizing implementation costs for the radio station. The Harris Pacific Design Center, with its expertise in embedded designs, has embedded new software code from iBiquity Digital into a fully functional hardware component with no moving parts, which enables increased reliability. At only 1RU, the HDE-200 offers a drastically reduced footprint with more features and options than its predecessor. "The benefits of improved audio quality and increased programming options with HD Radio broadcasting are clear to the radio broadcast industry, but the implementation challenges of cost and reliability have hindered growth in smaller and medium markets," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications. "The next-generation Harris exporter addresses these concerns through a cost-efficient, reliable design that is a critical part of the equation to strengthen network connectivity of every component in the HD Radio transport chain." The Harris HDE-200 exporter supports TCP over IP transport of the E2X protocol to enhance the robustness of the HD Radio transport stream, as well as HD Protocol (HDP), a new transport layer protocol that provides support for IP distribution from a central studio to multiple transmission sites. The HDE-200 exporter also includes remote and front-panel metering and monitoring features and an internal GPS module, as well as options for profanity delay, diversity delay and an Arbitron People Meter to help reduce the cost of equipment upstream. Harris also introduces a new Host Audio Extraction feature to its FlexStar® HDX-FM exciter. The Host Audio Extraction feature is an embedded audio extractor that allows broadcasters to extract analog program audio out of the STL transport stream at the exciter and send it directly to the analog FM transmitter. The process eliminates the need for a separate analog-only audio path from the studio to transmitter, preserving bandwidth and reducing the costs and complexity of audio transport by encoding both the analog and HD Radio program streams within the same bitstream, and transporting each stream over a single STL connection to the transmission site. The FlexStar family of HD Radio products is among the wide range of Harris solutions that optimize the encoding, multiplexing and transport workflows of today's analog FM and HD Radio broadcast operations. Harris Broadcast Communications provides products, systems, and services that deliver interoperable workflow solutions that span the entire broadcast delivery chain. The Harris ONE™ approach brings together highly integrated and cost-effective products that are ideal for emerging media business models and for customers upgrading media operations to digital and high-definition services. About Harris Corporation # # # Contact Information: David Glidden
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