…country-wide digital TV transition project in the West African state of Togo. Harris will completely renew the country’s broadcast TV infrastructure by designing, installing and commissioning an entire digital video chain to transmit throughout the country—using a national network of satellite and DVB-T2 transmitters and services. Harris helped to define the requirements for the digital transition with the project’s prime contractor, Togo-based construction company General d’Afrique, and the Togo Government’s Ministry of Communications. A key driver in the decision to select Harris was its market-leading experience and technology base in the emerging DVB-T2 transmission standard. Togo will become one of the first West African states to adopt and implement DVB-T2. The migration will introduce a better than threefold increase in standard and high-definition TV channel capacity, as well as significantly increase the transmission networks resiliency and robustness.
To meet Togo’s digital TV transition needs, Harris will supply a complete solution comprising:
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• Three complete TV stations including production studios, master control rooms, distribution and post-production centers complete with material indexing, cataloging and storage
• Mobile news gathering equipment
• Satellite uplink and receiving systems at each TV site. • Content distribution systems at the studios (encoding) and each TV site (decoding) using the Harris® Selenio™ media convergence platform
• Nine TV sites featuring new and refurbished towers, new antennas, electrical equipment, air handling equipment and Harris® Maxiva™ DVB-T2 transmitters
In addition to equipment, Harris will provide a range of consultancy, design and training services to the customer. These include already completed site surveys of the studios and TV stations, equipment installation supervision, test and commissioning; and training for all studio kit and production processes, transmission and receiving equipment (system operation and training), satellite uplinks and mobile news gathering systems.
