Harris Corporation Announces DRM Symposium in Romania to Discuss Modernization Programs

Harris Corporation Announces DRM Symposium in Romania to Discuss Modernization Programs

Two-Day Program to Outline the Transition to Digital Radio and Romania's New Nationwide Radio and Television Digital-Ready Infrastructure

CINCINNATI, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced the agenda for a two-day DRM Symposium March 1-2 at the Marriott Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. The event is designed to inform and educate radio broadcasters from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on how they can prepare for a digital future with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) technology, and will focus on Romania's countrywide upgrade and expansion of its national broadcast infrastructure. Representatives from Harris and S.N. Radiocomunicatii S.A., Romania's state-owned broadcast organization, will provide insight into the strategies behind the modernization program that is establishing 100 percent radio and television coverage throughout the country.

Day one of the symposium will begin with introductory comments from John Hall, manager of Radio Programs and High-Power Products for Harris Broadcast Communications Division's Radio Broadcast Systems business, and a keynote speech from Gabriel Grecu, president of S.N. Radiocomunicatii. Mr. Grecu will discuss the advantages of upgrading the entire country's broadcast infrastructure in two years, as well as his vision for a digital future in radio and television. Several presentations on DRM will follow, culminating with a DRM demonstration at a nearby 400 kW high-power AM transmitter site, the Tancabesti High-Power Radio station. Once at the site, Harris engineers will install a DRM exciter package inside the transmitter. The DRM exciter package will feature a content server for transmission of a multiplexed, bandwidth-efficient audio/data stream and a modulator to drive the digitally prepared signal to a DRM-ready receiver. Attendees will be able to listen to the results.

Day two will focus on Romania's overall modernization program and cover all aspects from finance to technology and installation. Broadcasters from countries still relying on tube transmitters will learn how Harris' television, radio, microwave and networking divisions worked together to provide a cost-effective, turnkey system that brought Romania's antiquated system up to date with the solid-state analog technology favored throughout Western Europe. Discussions also will point to how Romania is now fully prepared for a digital future. Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Israel, Syria, Nigeria, Algeria, Turkey, Poland and the Ukraine are among the many countries expected to be represented during this conference.

"Now that we've established 100 percent national radio coverage, we feel it's important to get the message out to our broadcasting peers faced with the same challenges that we've successfully addressed," said Mr. Grecu. "Not only have we boosted our signal quality and coverage areas, but we were able to complete the installation in a span of two short years. It's clear that our plan to upgrade the entire infrastructure at once was correct. It provides a clear return on investment and establishes a digital-ready infrastructure featuring the best in today's solid-state analog technology."

"The fact that Romania was able to boost its national coverage from 70 to 100 percent in a two-year period is impressive," said Mr. Hall. "The overall goal of the DRM Symposium is to educate broadcasters on developing digital formats and inform attendees who are still relying on outdated technology that now is the time to upgrade. As Western Europe and other countries migrate to digital technology in the coming years, it's important that others follow Romania's lead and reap the immediate, significant benefits of solid-state analog technology and its seamless, cost-effective upgrade path."

Between presentations and roundtable discussions, broadcasters will be able to observe a continuous demonstration of DRM and DAB receivers with live audio in the Marriott lobby. A separate DAB transmitter demonstration and related DAB discussions also will be on the Wednesday schedule for attendees interested in learning more about this growing digital format.

For more information, contact John Hall at Harris in Mason, Ohio at 513-459-3808.

About Harris Broadcast Communications Division

Harris Broadcast Communications Division is one of four divisions within Harris Corporation, an international communications equipment company focused on providing assured communications(TM) services for government and commercial customers in more than 150 countries. One of the world's leading suppliers of broadcast technology, Harris Broadcast Communications Division offers a full range of solutions that support the digital delivery, automation and management of audio, video and data. For more information, visit http://www.broadcast.harris.com/ .


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