ESPN STAR Sports Upgrades Facility With Tektronix Video Monitoring Equipment

ESPN STAR Sports Upgrades Facility With Tektronix Video Monitoring Equipment

Easy to Use WVR610A Rasterizer 'A Natural Solution'

BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK), a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced that Asia's number one sports broadcaster, ESPN STAR Sports, has ordered WVR600 Series Rasterizers to ensure consistent quality control. The WVR600 Series is designed to monitor analog and digital video and audio signals and obtain the highest quality in a value-priced package.

ESPN STAR Sports recently updated their transmission facility in Singapore. Tektronix' video monitoring equipment is used in the facility for broadcast monitoring. Ease of operation, flexible displays, session displays and gamut displays enable the operators to deliver unfailing content to millions of viewers all over Asia.

"We were looking for a SD-SDI monitoring solution that would allow us to monitor our transmission output and verify signal quality," said Andy Rylance, Director of Engineering at ESPN Star Sports. "Tektronix' WVR610A is a natural solution as it is extremely easy for all our technical staff to learn and use, and gives concise indication of signal quality and levels."

"With fierce competition for Asian viewers in sports entertainment, the ability for a broadcaster to provide top quality programming and world-class presentation is more important than ever," said James Alderton, Marketing Director, Asia Pacific Region, Tektronix. "With these new, all-digital waveform monitors from Tektronix, ESPN STAR Sports will be able to monitor video signal information with unparalleled accuracy and clarity, and deliver the highest level of signal quality to their viewers across the region."

About the WVR600 series Rasterizer

The WVR600 Series Waveform Rasterizer is a rack monitoring solution that is available in two models. The WVR610A has two SD-SDI inputs and the WVR611A with two SD-SDI and two composite inputs. The WVR600 Series is also designed with substantial, optional audio monitoring capabilities.

About ESPN STAR Sports

ESPN STAR Sports is a joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR. ESPN STAR Sports is Asia's complete sports provider reaching over 110 million households for ESPN and over 54 million households for STAR Sports (as of July 2004). Consisting of 13 networks -- ESPN Asia, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN (Korea), ESPN Singapore, ESPN Hong Kong, Xing Kong Sports, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports Taiwan, STAR Sports Singapore, STAR Sports S.E.A and STAR Sports Hong Kong -- ESPN STAR Sports brings the world's premier live sports and leading regional events to viewers 24 hours a day.

On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia, including the Asian X Games and the San Miguel Asian 9Ball Tour. On-line, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and www.espnstar.com.tw interact with millions of users providing them with in- depth sports news, results and competitions. This multilingual, online platform which is closely integrated with ESPN and STAR Sports on air networks, has established the sites as the number one on-line sports destination in their respective markets.

About Tektronix

Tektronix, Inc. is a test, measurement, and monitoring company providing measurement solutions to the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries worldwide. With more than 55 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in more than 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is www.tektronix.com.

NOTE: Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.


Source: Tektronix, Inc.

CONTACT: Amy Higgins of Tektronix, Inc., +1-503-627-6497, or
Amy.L.Higgins@tektronix.com

Web site: http://espnstar.com/

Web site: http://www.tektronix.com/


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