Satnews Daily
February 15th, 2012

Harris Broadcast Communications + Adventist Media... Adding In More Control (Hardware—SatBroadcasting™)


[SatNews] Adventist Media Productions, the electronic media production unit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, has installed an....


....integrated digital infrastructure and workflow solution from Harris Broadcast Communications. The Harris solution enabled the broadcaster to cost-effectively add two new TV channels to its production and playout operation.  Adventist Media Productions now broadcasts six full-time channels over cable, satellite and/or low-power television systems, reaching audiences on six continents.

The infrastructure solution includes a central Harris® Platinum™ routing system with integrated audio processing, and two built-in Harris HView™ multiviewers for master control.  The multiviewers replace a bank of discrete LCD monitors, sharply reducing power consumption and space requirements.  Both are set up to display 16 feeds:  one for on-air and the second for production signals.  Four Harris X50™ frame synchronizers/converters provide HD-to-SD signal downconversions prior to server ingest.