AgileVision Appoints Anthony R. Gargano as Chief Executive Officer; Senior Executive of Sony Electronics to Lead Joint Venture of Mercury Computer Systems and Sarnoff Corporation.PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 6, 1999-- AgileVision LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a company recently formed to serve the emerging digital television (DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. ) broadcast industry with flexible computer-based studio equipment, today announced the appointment of Anthony R. Gargano as chief executive officer. With broad experience in the Digital Imaging, Audio/Video Communications, and Broadcast and Cable markets, both domestically and internationally, Mr. Gargano will provide the vision and leadership to allow AgileVision to change the way broadcasters and cable providers deliver programming in the age of DTV. AgileVision was formed through a joint venture of Mercury Computer Systems Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. NASDAQ: MRCY provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MRCY), a leader in high-performance, real-time signal and image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished systems, and Sarnoff Corporation, a pioneer in the creation and development of digital and high-definition television. "AgileVision is addressing an issue that is on the minds of all broadcasters and cable providers - how to make the FCC-mandated transition to digital television in a cost-effective and efficient way," said Mr. Gargano. "AgileVision's products represent a unique, integrated systems solution that will let them invest with confidence by reducing the risks and costs associated with the shift from analog to digital television." Mr. Gargano was most recently with Sony Electronics Inc., serving as the senior vice president of the Communications Systems Division, Broadcast & Professional Group. Prior to joining Sony, he was a senior manager at RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Broadcast Systems. He joined RCA after 12 years at General Instrument's Jerrold Division, where he held a variety of positions, serving his last four years directing Jerrold's international business development activities. Mr. Gargano received his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from St. Joseph's University and has also attended senior management programs at Dartmouth's Tuck School, Babson College, the Business School of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , and the Tokyo Management Seminar in Japan. AgileVision will integrate innovative, patented technology to offer a broad line of "DTV Station in a Box(TM)" equipment, the premier model of which will preview in the fourth quarter of this calendar year. The company's expandable product line will be fully upgradeable to perform additional functions as the operators make decisions on what new services to provide. The ability to use a single, scalable system to perform several functions, which previously have required multiple individual, dedicated-function boxes, will reduce overall complexity and cost of operations for many broadcasters, allowing them to invest now in new revenue-generating activities as the industry searches for the best ways to capitalize on the new digital environment. Industry forecasters predict a $500 million to $1 billion total market for DTV studio equipment over the next 6 years as the broadcast and cable industry perform the massive shift from the 50-year-old analog NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. environment to the new digital broadcast systems. About AgileVision Formed through a joint venture between Sarnoff Corporation and Mercury Computer Systems, AgileVision is a digital television (DTV) equipment company that will change the way broadcasters and cable providers deliver programming in the age of DTV. The company's objective is to turn the risks surrounding the shift from analog to digital technology into an opportunity for the station operators by providing them affordable, entry-level DTV capabilities to meet FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. compliance using a platform which enables them to introduce new services with agility. Drawing upon Mercury's scalable, high-performance image processing platform and Sarnoff's broad range of leading-edge video processing software and technology, AgileVision will integrate innovative, patented technology to offer a broad line of "DTV Station in a Box"(TM) equipment. |
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