Real-time Transport Stream Monitoring for ATSC & DVB Conformance Award Goes
to Tektronix for MPEG-2 Contributions
BEAVERTON, Ore., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix, Inc., a leading
worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation,
announced the company has received a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for
"Real-time Transport Stream Monitoring for ATSC & DVB Conformance." The
award recognizes the contribution of Tektronix for MPEG-2 Transport Stream
monitoring and analysis, and was presented Monday, January 7th at the 58th
Annual Engineering & Technology Emmy Awards during the CES show in Las
Vegas. This is the seventh Emmy awarded to Tektronix, demonstrating a
strong history of providing innovative technologies for the television and
film industries.
MPEG-2 is a key technology in the new digital world with products
widely used today in a variety of content delivery and consumer electronics
applications. Networks, distribution channels and consumers benefit from
this technology by receiving reliable, compressed video and audio content
for viewing with high confidence of proper decoding.
The Tektronix MPEG products including the MTM400 MPEG Transport Stream
Monitor and MTS400 Series MPEG Analyzers are widely used by technical and
operations staff in broadcast television networks, cable and satellite
program providers, satellite teleports, mobile truck uplinks, digital
television stations, IPTV operators, and other facilities supporting
content delivery worldwide. Networks, distribution channels, terrestrial
DTV stations and consumers benefit from this technology by receiving
reliable MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compressed television programs for viewing with
high confidence of proper decoding.
"Tektronix has been and continues to be a pioneer in the television and
video industries," said Arif Kareem, Vice President, Video Product Line,
Tektronix. "We are honored to once again be selected for a Technology &
Engineering Emmy Award, this time for contributions to MPEG-2 transport
stream monitoring and analysis. This is the seventh Emmy awarded to
Tektronix, reflecting the continuous innovation at the company."
About the MTM400
The Tektronix MTM400 Transport Stream Monitor is a scalable solution
that detects systems degradation and enables operators to easily perform
diagnostics and rapidly pinpoint problems, reducing time to insight and
increasing network reliability. The product enables network-wide integrated
RF, IP & MPEG Transport Stream 24x7 monitoring, scaleable from confidence
monitoring to diagnostic analysis.
About the MTS400
The Tektronix MTS400 series offers the most innovative, fastest,
accurate and broadest range of easy to use and easy to understand solutions
for analyzing and isolating problems with compressed video products or
services used in cable, satellite, terrestrial, fixed and mobile networks.
About Tektronix
Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring
products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and
semiconductor industries -- as well as military/aerospace, consumer
electronics, education and a broad range of other industries worldwide.
With 60 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design,
build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks,
computing and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon,
Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address
is http://www.tektronix.com.
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.
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Related links:
http://www.tektronix.com
CONTACT:
Gary Grossman, Worldwide Sr. PR Manager of
Tektronix, +1-503-627-1097, gary.grossman@tektronix.com
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