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16 october 2009

Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium Secures Harris Corporation to Deliver Harris ONE™ Solution for Centralized News Operations and Broadcast Support at Vancouver 2010

Harris to supply Consortium with graphics, servers, editing, networking, processing, branding and test and measurement equipment

TORONTO (October 14, 2009) — Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium today announced it has selected Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, to deliver an end-to-end HD broadcast solution for the Consortium's suite of assets during its unprecedented coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

The Harris ONE™ solution features a variety of Harris graphics, servers and editing, networking, processing, branding and test and measurement equipment. The system brings together highly integrated products that enable advanced media workflows and provides the Consortium with the highest quality broadcast technology for its delivery of Olympic Games coverage like never before.

"Harris is supplying Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium with integrated broadcast and production solutions that allow us to centrally receive, manage and create program elements and distribute them to multiple stations across Canada," said Allan Morris, Senior VP Engineering, Operations and IT, CTV Inc. "Harris was committed to working with us in the development and enhancements of the overall systems. The company's longevity, stability and training of our support staff were significant factors in our decision to centralize our broadcast operations with Harris solutions."

The Harris package for the Consortium's coverage of the 2010 Winter Games will include NEXIO AMP™ advanced media platforms and NewsForce™ HD/SD production platforms, which will be used to build video clips for news and other programs. Harris NetVX™ video networking systems and Inscriber® G7™ integrated SD/HD broadcast graphics are also central to the system. A variety of fixed and handheld Harris Videotek® test and measurement solutions will be used to monitor video and audio signals live from the venues, assuring signal integrity and compliance with national broadcast standards.

Harris is also supporting the Consortium's online coverage of Vancouver 2010 with a backup control solution for FTP file transfer during digital coverage of the Games on CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca. The system is comprised of NEXIO Remote™ software, which monitors and controls channels on NEXIO® servers over a local area network, and the NEXIO PlayList™ event-sequencing application, which enables clips to be selected from the NEXIO database and arranged in any order for frame-accurate transmission.

"Harris has built a large portfolio of proven, integrated solutions to support advanced media workflows of this scale, and we are proud to support the Consortium for its coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications.

CTV, the leading broadcaster within the Consortium, is currently using a highly efficient and cost-effective workflow for local and national news built on Harris NEXIO AMP and NewsForce platforms, Inscriber G7 graphics and the Inscriber Connectus™ centralized graphics management system. The Harris ONE solution is used for CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson, Canada AM, and CTV News Channel.

In addition to its Toronto headquarters, CTV currently has Harris NEXIO servers and Velocity™ editing solutions at its Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, Halifax, Edmonton and Calgary locations. CTV also uses NEXIO and Velocity solutions for its broadcast news operations at BNN, TSN and RDS.

About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

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Where?

All-Russian Exhibition Center

Floor plan

General builder  — «Montazhnik»

When?

Official opening of the Exhibition takes place on November, 16th, 2010 at 12.00.

16 november	12.00 - 18.00
17 november	10.00 - 18.00
18 november	10.00 - 18.00
19 november	10.00 - 15.00

Move-in schedule:
November 13th, 2010 – from  14.00 to 22.00
November 14th-15th, 2010 – from  08.00 to 22.00

Move-out time schedule:
November 19th - 15.00 – 19.00
November 20th -09.00 – 19.00