At the IBC technology trade show in Amsterdam in September, Thomson Broadcast will debut its new corporate structure as well as the first of its new products, Wavetracker, a versatile, go-anywhere network monitoring system.
“We are looking forward to IBC 2013 as the European debut of the new Thomson Broadcast,’ says Pascal Veillat, president of Thomson Broadcast.
He notes that Futhura represents a major advance in the television broadcasting, being a complete range of fully wideband UHF digital transmitters with high operating efficiency and low energy consumption.
Futhura transmitters are very compact, generating up to 11.6 kW in one cabinet with up to 29% efficiency and can be installed and tuned over all the UHF band without changing or retuning any module. These transmitters save broadcasters space, energy and maintenance costs, allowing network operators to reduce operating expenses and increase profitability.
Thomson Broadcast’s S7 HP is a range of high power of AM radio equipment, with DRM broadcast capability. This range of radio AM transmitters has been designed to withstand decades of intensive use, and provide simplicity in operation – a single button push switches the transmitter from AM to DRM mode. Designed to minimise the cost of ownership, the S7 HP range combines a high efficiency with the ability to run a large number of the same modules in parallel.
Wavetracker is a cost efficient network monitoring system with dedicated customer support portal. It performs all the state of the art functions required for configuring and monitoring a Thomson Broadcast transmission network. The truly native nomadic support of Wavetracker enables the network operator to safely, freely add or remove equipment from the system via tablet or smartphone directly on site. Among many exclusive innovations, the unique graphical charting interface allows the operator to check the status of the network at a glance or to access to up to date documentation on any item of equipment in the network.
