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AZCAR's UK Subsidiary, Megahertz, Wins Al Jazeera Sports Channel Contract.


MARKHAM, Ontario Markham (2006 Population 261,573[0]) is located in York Region, directly north of Toronto, and is part of Toronto's CMA. It is larger than many Canadian cities. Despite its qualifications regarding population, it has not had the title of city conferred upon it by the  -- Stephen Pumple, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AZCAR Technologies Incorporated, is pleased to announce that the UK subsidiary, Megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz.

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 Broadcast Systems, in conjunction with its partner company, Mideast Data Ltd, Doha, has won a major contract to build three turnkey Master Control areas and satellite upgrades for the Al Jazeera This article is about the TV network and channel. For other uses, see Jazira.

Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, al-ğazīrä
 Sports Channel in Doha, Qatar.

Acknowledged as one of the world's premier independent broadcasting system integrators, Megahertz Broadcast Systems has extensive experience in every aspect of systems activity including the management of complete "turnkey" projects, as well as the design and construction of sophisticated Outside Broadcast Vehicles.

Megahertz beat strong international competition to win the Al Jazeera contract, which was officially put out to tender earlier this year. The Al Jazeera Sports Channel was impressed by the company's highly competitive offer, the versatility of the equipment specified and the flexibility of Megahertz' system solutions.

Steve Hope, Megahertz Project Manager, says: "We were also successful in winning this project because of our ability to react quickly and meet the Al Jazeera Sports Channel's short and demanding timescale timescale
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the period of time within which events occur or are due to occur

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, without compromising on quality or flexibility."

The project, which is currently underway, will be completed by the end of the year. Steve Hope adds: "The time frame for this project is particularly tight because all three of the Master Control areas have to be on-air ready by mid-November in order to fit in with Al Jazeera's broadcast requirements."

The Al Jazeera Sports Channel, a division of Al Jazeera News, was launched last year and has exclusive rights to a range of major international events, including the French Open Tennis Tournament. It also has broadcast rights to next year's Australian Tennis Open.

AZCAR is an independent technology integration company providing the broadcast and communications industries with consulting, engineering, systems design, integration, project management, and the supply of related materials and equipment. The stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 under the symbol: AZZ.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.

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