Comark Digital Services signs Digital TV agreement with public television leader WGBH.ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1997--Comark Digital Services (CDS) and the WGBH Educational Foundation have agreed to work together to develop strategies for the implementation of 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. ), it was announced Thursday. The originator of such nationally-televised PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, programs as "Frontline," "NOVA," "The American Experience American Experience (sometimes abbreviated AmEx) is a television program airing on the PBS network in the United States. The program airs documentaries about important or interesting events and people in American history, many of which have won impressive ," "This Old House," "Masterpiece Theater," "Mystery" and the animated children's series, "Arthur". WGBH is widely recognized as a leading force in American public television American Public Television (APT) is the largest of the television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States. It began in 1961 as the Eastern Educational Television Network . CDS and the WGBH family of stations ('GBH/2, 'GBH/44, and WGBY/Springfield) have agreed to work together to develop various aspects of DTV. WGBH plans to have a digital signal on the air by year-end 1998, making it one of the first stations in the U.S. to broadcast in the new medium. Commenting on the agreement, Mark S. Richer, vice president and general manager of CDS, said that, "Comark and WGBH will develop strategies for digital television, including High Definition Television (HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ), Standard Definition Television (SDTV (Standard Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards with 480 lines of resolution. All SDTV formats are interlaced, and SDTV pictures are not as sharp as progressive scan EDTV or HDTV (Enhanced Definition or High Definition). SDTV Vs. ), multicasting and data broadcasting, as well as access services such as closed-captioning and descriptive video, two areas in which WGBH has special expertise." "We're excited about this opportunity to work with CDS to develop new services for our communities," said Steve Bass, WGBH's vice president and manager for TV Stations. CDS was recently formed to help broadcasters develop and implement successful strategies for digital television. CDS offers broadcasters a variety of services including strategic planning, consulting, systems design and complete turnkey systems integration. CDS is a division of Comark Communications Inc., the world leader in high-power UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. television transmitters. Comark, EMMY award winner and the world leader in high-power UHF television transmitters, is the recognized pioneer in the emerging world of digital terrestrial broadcasting. Comark is a member of the Thomcast organization, which ranks as the largest terrestrial broadcasting product and service organization in the world. CONTACT: Comark Communications Mark Aitken, director of Marketing, 413/569-0116 e-mail: maitken@comarkcom.com website: http://www.comarkcom.com |
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