Grass Valley Group Winning Orders, Accolades Despite Challenging Business Climate
Despite one of the most challenging worldwide business climates in memory, the Grass Valley Group is winning orders and garnering influential kudos for its next-generation products. The company today reported that it received millions of dollars in product orders last week—and that in recognition of its strong market share and performance in the digital video storage arena, it has been awarded the Market Engineering Leadership Award by the research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Recent key orders for Grass Valley Group products and solutions include those from:
- C-SPAN, which has ordered $2.5 million worth of Grass Valley™ Media Area Network™ real-time, shared-storage, Profile® XP Media Platform, Zodiak™ digital video production switcher, and Grass Valley routing systems;
- WLS-ABC, Chicago, which has ordered $2.5 million worth of Profile XP Media Platform systems and components of the Grass Valley Group's Digital News Production Workgroup (DNPW);
- WABC, New York, which has ordered $3 million worth of Profile XP Media Platform systems and DPNW products;
- FOX Digital, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems;
- ABC Family Channel, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems;
- WNDU, Notre Dame, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems and DPNW products;
- NTV Network, New York, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems and DPNW products;
- CBS, Los Angeles, which has ordered a Kalypso™ Video Production Center system;
- Viacom/MTV, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems;
- TVB, Hong Kong, which has ordered multiple Kalypso Video Production Center systems; and
- RAI, Italy, which has ordered multiple Profile XP Media Platform systems.
AWARD CITES GRASS VALLEY GROUP LEADERSHIP IN BROADCAST SERVERS
In recognition of its strong market share and performance in the digital video storage arena, the Grass Valley Group last week received the Market Engineering Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan, the international strategic market consulting and training firm.
The research firm cited the Grass Valley Group's significant increase in market shares in recent years and its exclusive status as the leader in the video server market for the broadcast industry. From a product standpoint, Frost & Sullivan said the Grass Valley Group demonstrated excellence with the introduction and increased adoption of the Profile XP Media Platform, which is capable of serving anything from standard- to high-definition video. In addition, the Grass Valley Group maintains strong direct sales channels, which Frost & Sullivan predicts will assert the company as a market share leader in upcoming years.
"In an economic environment where negative news about the economy and the market is the rule, the Grass Valley Group has achieved the exception," said Tim Thorsteinson, president and CEO of the Grass Valley Group. "Our customers' enthusiasm for our next-generation products and solutions, coupled with the Frost & Sullivan award, validates our strategy to provide the utmost in workflow and capital efficiencies."
ABOUT THE GRASS VALLEY GROUP
The Grass Valley Group knows more about high-quality video than anybody else—especially as video goes digital. The Internet. Digital cinema. Data-enhanced broadcasting. Interactive television. It's a world of Digicasting—one that demands Media Without Bounds™ solutions. Whether online or on the air, the Emmy® award-winning Grass Valley Group, a privately held digital media leader, has the hardware, software, and new media technologies to get content wherever it needs to go.
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