Tektronix which claims to be a leading innovator of test, measurement, and monitoring equipment has announced that China Central Television (CCTV) has chosen Tektronix's video test and monitoring solutions to support and maintain their new digital broadcast facilities.

CCTV purchased a variety of Tektronix waveform monitors, including the WFM700M multi-format monitors and WFM601E standard-definition monitors. The WFM700M provides for the evaluation of the digital transport layer and includes digital analysis capabilities important in design, installation, and maintenance of component digital systems. CCTV also chose Tektronix VM700T automated video measurement sets, TG700 multi-format test generators, and MTG300 MPEG generators. The equipment, when added to CCTV's existing Tektronix MPEG analyser, provides comprehensive video test and monitoring solutions to support digital broadcasting in China.

VP CCTV He Xong Jiu said, "The transition from analog to digital broadcasting is one of our near-term, key goals. However we will still have to continuously maintain a high-quality broadcast in order to serve our audiences. For many years now, we have been using Tektronix' analog video test and monitoring instrument to enable this. The new digital Tektronix instruments we have purchased will be used to assure the quality of our digital video transmission and production."

The award-winning WFM700 is a family of flexible, multi-format waveform monitors that enables broadcasters, production professionals, and designers to measure and monitor both standard-definition and high-definition video signals from a single platform. The WFM601E is an industry-standard waveform monitor that provides comprehensive evaluation of the digital transport layer for standard-definition signals. The TG700 family of video signal generators provides reliable, flexible, and upgradeable sync pulse and test signal generator solutions that support a variety of formats, standards, and transmission requirements. The MTG300 MPEG generator is a flexible, cost-effective source of MPEG-2 transport streams for design evaluation and conformance testing of compressed digital video products. The VM700T is an Emmy award-winning video measurement set that automatically performs specific baseband video and audio measurements.

China Central Television (CCTV) is the national television station of the People's Republic of China. On May 1, 1958, it began trial broadcasting of TV programs, and on September 2, it went into official operation. In 1973, it started to broadcast PAL-D colored programmes. Today, CCTV features 11 channels with a daily airtime of more than 200 hours.

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