Gra Valley Delivers Eiopias First Ever HDTV Experience

Grass Valley Delivers Ethiopias First Ever HDTV Experience

Full turnkey solution to deliver first HD services in Ethiopia

Grass Valley deployment includes LDK cameras, multichannel control system, video production switcher, and routers

Project is key part of Ethiopian media landscape

San Francisco, Calif., June 12, 2013 Grass Valley today announced that Ethiopian government-owned Amhara TV has selected Grass Valley to provide several solutions to build Ethiopias first HD terrestrial TV broadcast station. Grass Valley solutions will be used to outfit two HD studios and a master control room (MCR). Amhara TV is an important part of the developing media landscape in Ethiopia, and will be available both terrestrially and via the Nilesat free-to-air satellite service.

This project with Grass Valley holds real importance for Ethiopia because it will offer our 50 million television viewers their first ever HD experience. With this in mind, it was crucial for us to select a partner we could trust and that could offer us the best HD solutions, said Leykun Mekonnen, Vice General Manager and Media Technology Head, Amhara TV. Grass Valleys reputation precedes it as a provider of high quality, flexible, and cost-efficient solutions which enable broadcasters to give their customers premium services.

Amhara TV selected six HD LDK 3000+ cameras for their flexibility and high picture quality, and a Kayak HD video production switcher for its advanced HD capabilities. The master control room will be based around a Grass Valley Maestro SD/HD branding and master control system for multichannel control. At the heart of the HD infrastructure will be a Concerto Series routing switcher with Prelude router control. A GeckoFlex Signal Processing System will provide the necessary modular platform for signal control, complete with an integrated browser-based control system.

While the majority of Ethiopias television viewers use standard definition televisions, they will be able to benefit from the oversampling of HD-to-SD down conversion for improved picture quality over SD-originated programming.

Africa is a key area of growth for Grass Valley and its exciting to see our solutions being used by customers like Amhara TV to deliver new and better quality services to viewers in the region, said Said Bacho, Regional Vice President EMEA at Grass Valley. As broadcasters continue to look for ways to maximize efficiencies without compromising on quality, Grass Valley is uniquely positioned to offer its customers turnkey solutions that meet their requirements and offer integrated flexibility so that business models can be successfully built around them.

With the assistance of local partners, Grass Valley is providing Amhara TV full systems integration service, training, project management, and ongoing consultation to ensure a successful implementation.

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