Cordillera Communications Selects Harris Corporation for Centralization and Automation Projects

Cordillera Communications Selects Harris Corporation for Centralization and Automation Projects

Television Group Cites Harris' Service and Its Ability to Provide Scalable, Cost-Effective Systems for Medium- and Smaller-Market Broadcasters

CINCINNATI, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that Cordillera Communications, the owner of 11 television stations throughout the United States, has selected Harris automation solutions for a centralization project in Montana and for stations in California and Colorado. Among reasons Harris was selected, Cordillera Communications cited Harris' strong after-sales support and its ability to provide scalable and cost-effective systems that can meet the needs of medium- to smaller-market broadcasters.

To increase operational efficiency among three Montana stations, Cordillera is establishing a central "hub" at KXLF, a full-power station in Butte. At the hub, content will be ingested, prepared and distributed to another full-power station, KBZK in Bozeman, and a low-power station, KXLH in Helena. Harris will provide ADC playout automation, digital ingest and satellite ingest solutions.

At KOAA in Colorado Springs, Harris will upgrade an existing ADC system to automate playout of an independent weather channel that is operated by the station as well as regular programming. The upgraded ADC system is being configured so that Cordillera can add new revenue streams in the future.

At KSBY in San Luis Obispo, California, Cordillera has selected Harris to provide a new ADC-100 system to replace an antiquated manual system. Harris also will provide on-site installation and training.

"Cordillera works in very small to medium-size markets, and because budgets are not what they are in larger markets, we are forced to stretch our dollars and require that new products, such as our automation system, work with legacy systems," said Andy Suk, Cordillera's director of broadcast engineering. "With Harris, that is possible. It is proven technology, and we know going in that the support we'll need is available. Harris' innovation with digital ingest is also very important to our operations. We looked at other suppliers and found Harris was willing to tailor a solution for smaller markets and make it cost-effective for us. It is an exceptional system architecture."

The relationship between Harris Corporation and Cordillera Communications dates back several decades and has included the purchase and installation of transmitters and other broadcast products. Suk views the strength of Harris as its willingness to take responsibility for seeing system issues through to resolution. "I like having a single point of accountability as there is with Harris," he said. "If there is an issue, I know Harris will be an active part of the solution."

Harris is the world's leader in playout automation, with its systems controlling more than 7,000 channels. Among other benefits, Harris automation gives broadcasters a smooth and cost-effective path to total content delivery systems -- the key to being able to deliver multiple channels of programming over any network to any type of receiver with maximum efficiency in the future.

About Harris Broadcast Communications Division

Harris Broadcast Communications Division is one of four divisions within Harris Corporation, an international communications equipment company focused on providing assured communications(TM) products, systems and services for government and commercial customers in more than 150 countries. One of the world's leading suppliers of broadcast technology, Harris Broadcast Communications Division offers a full range of solutions that support the digital delivery, automation and management of audio, video and data. For more information, visit http://www.broadcast.harris.com/ .

Source: Harris Corporation

CONTACT: Martha Rapp, Broadcast Communications Division, +1-217-221-7577, or mrapp@harris.com; or K.C. Du Fay, Sterling Communications, Inc., +1-415-392-2300, or kcdufay@sterlingpr.com, for Harris Corporation

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