Tektronix Provides Powerful HD Monitoring Capabilities For TVN Production's Latest HD OB Truck
Beaverton, OR - Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that TVN Production, one of Europe's premier outside broadcast van providers and operators based in Hannover, Germany, has selected Tektronix's WFM7120, WVR7120, TG700 and associated change-over units to equip TVN's latest high definition (HD) outside broadcast truck. The new ‘TVN Ü4' is scheduled for deployment in early 2008. The adoption adds to the dominant truck market share position for Tektronix, recently reported as 94% across Europe.
"National and international broadcasters trust TVN to deliver quality HD transmissions from major sporting, cultural or information events," said Thomas Stoschek, TVN Production Head of Technical Support. "The speed, accuracy and precision provided by Tektronix test and measurement instrumentation are vital to guaranteeing that we deliver HD content that verifiably achieves the highest level of quality."
The Tektronix WFM7120 waveform monitor is the latest advancement to a range of enhanced waveform monitors that share a new, faster user interface and menu structure, substantially reducing training requirements for engineers and operators. The WVR7120 waveform rasterizer includes the most powerful HD monitoring capability compliant with SMPTE 372M and provides an ideal solution for basic monitoring of HD video and non-compressed audio. The TG700 video signal generator is a multi-format, analog and digital precision signal generation platform. Designed with the changing needs of the video industry in mind, the TG700 offers sync pulse generation and test signal generation for a wide array of analog, serial digital, and digital high definition formats.
"Recent research has shown that Tektronix is by far the test and measurement supplier of choice for European OB trucks, with more than 90 percent of the market," said Eben Jenkins, Director, Video Product Line, Tektronix, Inc. "We are delighted that TVN has chosen Tektronix and look forward to continuing to provide technology that supports their ability to execute assignments anywhere in the world in a flexible and cost-efficient way."
About the New WFM and WVR platforms
Engineers supporting broadcast or post production facilities, or systems integrators, need to be able to quickly detect, isolate, and diagnose video and audio quality problems. Tektronix's new waveform monitors (WFM7120 / 7020 / 6120) and enhanced rasterizers (WVR7120 / 7020 / 6020) expand on the features of the current generation of products.
These new platforms share a new, faster user interface and menu structure reducing training requirements for engineers and operators. The integrated waveform monitor products also provide a new brighter display and improved operational speed. The WFM7120/7020/6120 family provides Tektronix' superior video monitoring and analysis capabilities required in Content Creation, Content Delivery, Research & Development, and Manufacturing applications. These products help video content producers verify content quality and make precision content adjustments. In video delivery systems, they help operations staff verify content quality and system reliability, and help engineering staffs qualify, install, and maintain video systems. Design and manufacturing engineers developing new video equipment use these products for design troubleshooting, functional verification, and manufacturing test.
SOURCE: Tektronix