Washington DC becomes the latest city to offer a look at the next-generation of over-the-air TV with today's NEXTGEN TV service launch by Pearl TV and Howard University. PBS member station WHUT-TV serves as the host station from the inner-city campus, offering a prime central location to transmit NEXTGEN TV signals for five local TV stations to the greater metropolitan area.
GatesAir is proud to be the exclusive transmitter supplier for the collaborative lighthouse initiative in the nation's capital. The fully-commissioned Maxiva ULXTE-50 liquid-cooled UHF transmitter carries HD programming and standard-definition sub-channels, and will add multimedia services supported through the ATSC 3.0 standard including emergency alerts, interactive services, and broadband internet access.
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Excerpted from the official USTDA press release, "USTDA Connects U.S. Industry with ICT Opportunities in Ethiopia," originally posted on January 17, 2019:
Arlington, VA – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed a grant with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority for a training program supporting the expansion and modernization of Ethiopia's nationwide broadcast television industry. The Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority is responsible for ensuring the expansion of broadcasting service that can contribute to the political, social and economic development of the country. Digital television transition (DTT) and media development is the focal area for the transition of the broadcast sector. The training is in partnership with GatesAir, Inc., an Ohio-based electronics company that produces and services over-the-air TV and radio broadcast equipment globally.
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GatesAir Webmaster (01/29/2019, 08:00 AM) •
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From left: Sarisbury Sparks' Frankie Westerman, GatesAir's Managing Director of EMEA/India Andy McClelland, and Sarisbury Sparks coach Peter Westerman
Company spreads longtime USA community involvement initiatives to international regions
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Dielectric, the antenna and RF system manufacturer, has teamed up with GatesAir in the deployment of a massive, turnkey solution for Ethiopia's nationwide DVB-T2 network. In the works for several years now, this second-generation digital TV transition project commenced shortly after GatesAir won the project back in May 2016. Dielectric has shipped $1.2 million of Powerlite™ antennas, filters, and related RF tech ahead of schedule.
The project encompasses updating 20 TV channels across "26 low-to-medium power UHF transmission sites positioned around the country," according to the August 22nd press release. "Dielectric worked closely with GatesAir, the prime contractor of the project who will design, supply, install, test and commission the network solution, to assure seamless integration with transmission systems at all sites."
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GatesAir Webmaster (08/28/2017, 08:21 AM) •
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In this info-packed article from Communications Daily, a variety of broadcast industry executives discuss the concerns, complexities, and strategies surrounding the shortage of tower crews available in North America as it relates to the FCC's deadline for the TV spectrum repack. As the sole representative of transmitter manufacturers in the group of article participants, GatesAir's Chief Product Officer Rich Redmond contributes to the conversation with insight on why wireless tower workers and broadcast tower workers are not interchangeable, and the impact that the 39-month timeframe has on the fluidity of install plans.
Tower Crunch Difficult to Address, Industry Officials Say
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GatesAir Webmaster (08/23/2017, 01:53 PM) •
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GatesAir's thought leadership in over-the-air broadcast will be on full demonstration at the 2017 NAB Show next week. We invite our customers and peers to join us in any or all of these compelling panels and presentations on today's most important topics in TV and Radio.
Jay Adrick – The VOA Museum
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GatesAir is pleased to announce a limited-time promotion that waives the fee for the optional network analytics tool Intraplex® LiveLook in the IP Link 100P, 200P and 100M products, a $635 value. Additionally, we will be offering this software option at 50% price reduction of $317 for the IP Link 100. Now through June 30th, 2017, all Intraplex IP Link products purchased during will integrate Intraplex LiveLook software for the life of the product.
LiveLook is an off-board network analytics and monitoring software for the IP Link codec platform. It provides a graphical analysis of both real-time and historical network performance data as well as the monitoring of audio streams' state changes and optional email notification capability. The LiveLook software provides a single management application to analyze and monitor all the audio streams of the network. In addition, the tool incorporates report generation capability which analyzes the selected network performance data and recommends the best error protection technique of the IP Link codec to use.
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GatesAir Webmaster (04/03/2017, 09:37 AM) •
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GatesAir is proud to announce a susbtantial FM Radio win in Nepal. State-owned broadcaster Radio Nepal ordered 12 Flexiva FAX air-cooled transmitters, covering power levels up to 2kW to maximize coverage across the complex terrain of Nepal.
The transmitters, expected to go on the air in November 2016, will be installed at the Radio Nepal, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu transmission site. To learn more, please view the media alert!
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GatesAir Webmaster (11/01/2016, 09:00 AM) •
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The grand majority of U.S. television stations -- and more than a few FM radio stations -- are following the FCC's 600MHz incentive auction very, very closely. Currently in progress, the auction's purpose is to help reallocate a large portion of the UHF spectrum from TV broadcast use toward mobile data use.
In the resulting repack of this UHF spectrum, hundreds of stations will be subject to channel shifts, shares, or shutdowns. Though these options are all voluntary, the first two could cost those broadcasters lots of time and money in planning, moving, updating, and other logistical considerations.
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GatesAir Webmaster (10/04/2016, 09:15 AM) •
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TV and Radio transmitters are often subject to harsh operating conditions. Although GatesAir transmitters are designed to withstand AC power line surges induced by lightning, or other sources, there can be occasions where the built-in protection is just not enough. With the Summer lightning season already upon us, now would be an excellent time to evaluate your transmitter protection.
We always recommend adding good quality AC line transient voltage protection ahead of the transmitter. There are a wide variety of technologies available and many manufacturers have vast experience in dealing with protecting broadcast equipment.
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GatesAir Webmaster (07/21/2016, 09:30 AM) •
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