Broadcasting & Cable, July 27th, 1998
Will use 720P encoders and decoders for satellite feeds starting this fall
ABC has selected compression vendor Tiernan Communications to supply the 720P satellite encoders and decoders it will use to launch its HDTV programming feed this fall.
According to Preston Davis, ABC president of broadcast operations and engineering, the network plans to buy a small number of Tiernan THE-I DTV encoders and TDR6 integrated receiver/decoders to support the satellite delivery of 720P hi-def programing to its owned-and-operated stations; ABC also will recommend the Tiernan decoders to ABC affiliates--s...
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