Thomson-Broadcast

PARIS — April 10, 2011 — Thomson Broadcast today announced the new Elite 100 GreenPower digital television transmitter — an energy-efficient, medium-power-range offering within the company’s Elite GreenPower product family. The Elite 100 GreenPower joins Thomson Broadcast’s line of environmentally friendly transmission products which includes the high-power Elite 1000 GreenPower and the Elite 10 GreenPower for low-power applications.

Offering market-leading efficiency in a true plug-and-play system, the Elite 100 GreenPower is aimed at broadcasters rolling out an initial digital deployment, or extending coverage in combination with high-power Elite transmitters.

Key to the Elite 100 GreenPower’s efficiency is its use of the latest 50-V LDMOS transistor technology, which allows the transmitter to deliver all of the proven benefits of the Elite range together with outstanding power density and sharply reduced operational costs.

The Elite 100 GreenPower series is available from 350 W to 2000 W, and supports all digital standards including DVB-T/H, DVB-T2, ISDB-Tb, ATSC, ATSC-M/H, and FLO in the UHF frequency band. The transmitter can be delivered in a compact 19-inch standard cabinet or as a standalone chassis. Similar to other members of the Elite GreenPower range, the Elite 100 GreenPower is highly modular in design and can be easily upgraded to meet increased power requirements. The modular architecture is also optimized for quick and easy maintenance, further lowering ownership costs, and for deep diagnostics the embedded Web server and SNMP agent enable full control and operation from remote locations. Extending the transmitter’s operational versatility, Elite 100 GreenPower’s air-cooled modules are equipped either with built-in dust proof ventilation, or can be installed in a 19-inch cabinet interfacing with an external ventilation system.

The Elite 100 GreenPower’s outstanding performance is delivered through Thomson Broadcast’s fully automatic real-time Digital Adaptive Pre-correction (DAP) to correct linear and non-linear distortions.

“The Elite 100 GreenPower completes our energy-efficient evolution of the Elite range, giving us environmentally friendly transmission options for all power ranges,” said Nicolas Dallery, president, Thomson Broadcast. “The GreenPower range is a very important asset for broadcasters working to bring down their overall carbon footprint while benefiting from outstanding performance and features.”

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About Thomson Broadcast

Since the earliest years of broadcasting, the Thomson name has been synonymous with expertise and innovation at the highest level. A trusted partner to the world’s leading broadcasters, Thomson has pioneered many developments that have shaped the industry, leading innovation in solid-state technology, Digital Adaptive Pre-correction (DAP), Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); winning multiple Emmy® Awards; and gaining more than 50 patents in technologies that have become fundamental to broadcasting. Thomson Broadcast is building on this great heritage with a market-leading portfolio of transmission products for terrestrial television, radio broadcasting, and scientific applications, combined with world-class systems integration services. With more than 50,000 active Thomson transmission systems deployed worldwide and a global support presence, Thomson Broadcast continues to forge technologies for the future, with initiatives such as the innovative GreenPower and broadcast/mobile convergence programs.

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