Latin America American Media Leaders Place $4 Million in Orders for Grass Valley Digital News Products from Thomson.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & NEVADA CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2003 Several major Latin American broadcast facilities have placed approximately $4 million in orders for Grass Valley(TM) digital news production products from Thomson (Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : 18453; NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ), worldwide leader in video technologies, products and services. Five regional stations are replacing their analog news and play-to-air operations with Thomson's popular digital news equipment. These stations include Radio y Television de Guatemala, Guatemala Guatemala is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. Guatemala's capital is Guatemala. Guatemala has activities like mountaineering, golfing, watersports, and much more. Guatemala has many volcanoes and one is known as Pacaya. ; Television Jamaica, Jamaica; CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. and Teleamazonas and Canal Uno, Ecuador. Using the Grass Valley digital news production, switcher, router, and modular products, these Latin American broadcasters say they are realizing significant cost and workflow benefits. Thomson's digital news products are streamlining the way news segments are produced and saving valuable time-to-air by enabling newsrooms to easily share materials and eliminate videotape from the process. "The reason newsrooms are adopting our digital news production solution is that it is faster, more tightly integrated, and more flexible than any other--and because it takes days, not months to learn," said Marc Valentin, president of Thomson Broadcast & Media Solutions. "Our success in the Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. is an important part of the overall momentum we continue to see for our digital news products worldwide." The use of these advanced digital technologies will further strengthen Thomson's leading positions in key growing markets such as digital news production. By supporting highly efficient workflows, they will also help broadcasters, cable, and video professionals make a more affordable and rapid shift to digital. New Systems Speed News Workflows, Deliver Superb Quality Radio y Television de Guatemala in Guatemala City, has undergone a future-proof renovation of its news operations, including the installation of a Grass Valley DNPS DNPS DSCS Network Planning Software DNPS Denso Poongsung (Korea) system for its two popular newscasts. The station's networked news workflow now includes four Grass Valley NewsEdit(TM) XT nonlinear editing systems, 10 Grass Valley NewsBrowse(TM) Web-based video browsing and editing systems, and a Grass Valley Network Attached Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) system for sharing materials. Radio y Television de Guatemala has also purchased seven Grass Valley LDK LDK Lahn-Dill-Kreis (Germany) LDK Lidhja Demokratike e Kosoves (Albanian: Democratic Party of Kosovo) LDK Lemon Drop Kid (movie title, and musician) 1707 digital cameras and a Grass Valley KayakDD(TM) 1 M/E digital production switcher for use in mobile production truck for live remote news coverage. Canal Uno in Ecuador has taken delivery on two DNPS systems for its Guayaquil and Quito broadcast facilities. The order includes several NewsEdit XT nonlinear editing systems, a PVS PVS 1 Persistent vegetative state, see there 2. Pulmonary valve stenosis 1100 Profile(R) XP Media Platform standard-definition (SD) server, a Zodiak(TM) digital video switcher, six LDK 1707 cameras, and many Grass Valley Gecko gecko (gĕk`ō), small or medium-sized lizard of the family Gekkonidae. The more than 300 species are distributed throughout the warm regions of the world, mostly in the Old World. Despite folklore to the contrary, their bite is not poisonous. (TM) modular products. Television Jamaica has built a new digital facility in Kingston, an end-to-end Digital News Production system that includes five NewsEdit XT systems and a NewsQ(TM) Pro integrated news playback system. The facility also includes two Zodiak switchers, four PVS 1000 Profile XP Media Platform servers, an M-2100 SD master control system, four LDK 100 digital cameras, a Concerto(TM) Series router, an Encore(TM) facility control system, NetCentral(TM) software for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. )-based remote monitoring, and a full complement of Grass Valley modular products. CDN, in Santo Domingo, has installed a complete Grass Valley Digital News Production suite, including dual channel NewsQ manual playback systems and four NewsEdit XT nonlinear editing systems for its redesigned news operations. Teleamazonas, in Ecuador, has purchased a full complement of Grass Valley products for the news departments in Quito and Guayaquil. These installations feature a number of NewEdit XT nonlinear editing systems, a redundant NAS system, and NewsQ and NewsQ Pro for manual and automated playback. The station has also purchased a PVS 1100 Profile XP Media Platform server, a 64x64 Concerto Series router, an Encore facility control system, a Zodiak video production switcher, Gecko modular products, and an M-2100 HD master control system. The highly rated broadcaster has also purchased a service contract, taking advantage of Thomson's onsite engineering and maintenance expertise. To configure and train employees on the Grass Valley Digital News Production system, Teleamazonas employed the Grass Valley Services division for a number of days to ensure smooth implementation. Certain statements in this press release, including any discussion of management expectations for future periods, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. 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More detailed information on the potential factors that could affect the financial results of Thomson is contained in Thomson's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. About Thomson Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides a wide range of video (and enabling) technologies, systems, finished products and services to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and media industries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomson has four principal divisions: Content and Networks, Consumer Products, Components, and Licensing. The company distributes its products under the Technicolor, Grass Valley, THOMSON and RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. brand names. For more information: http://www.thomson.net/ As part of Thomson Digital Media Solutions division, the Broadcast and Media Solutions activity delivers products and solutions for broadcast and TV/Film professionals under its Grass Valley brand. These open, integrated digital products that work together along the entire digital video chain to support a variety of workflows, from content capture and acquisition through production, post production, and transmission. With a proven track record in broadcast, including 17 Emmy(R) and multiple industry awards, it offers an award-winning, robust product portfolio that touches more high-quality content than any other; product and systems expertise that has yielded hundreds of patents and a number of industry standards; and worldwide software engineering expertise and customer support teams that are second to none. For information about Grass Valley products from Thomson please visit www.thomsongrassvalley.com. |
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