Tektronix Receives 7th Technical Emmy Award

Real-time Transport Stream Monitoring for ATSC & DVB Conformance Award Goes to Tektronix for MPEG-2 Contributions.

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(BEAVERTON, Ore.) - Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the company has received a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for "Real-time Transport Stream Monitoring for ATSC & DVB Conformance."

The award recognizes the contribution of Tektronix for MPEG-2 Transport Stream monitoring and analysis, and was presented Monday, January 7th at the 58th Annual Engineering & Technology Emmy Awards during the CES show in Las Vegas.

This is the seventh Emmy awarded to Tektronix, demonstrating a strong history of providing innovative technologies for the television and film industries.

MPEG-2 is a key technology in the new digital world with products widely used today in a variety of content delivery and consumer electronics applications. Networks, distribution channels and consumers benefit from this technology by receiving reliable, compressed video and audio content for viewing with high confidence of proper decoding.

The Tektronix MPEG products including the MTM400 MPEG Transport Stream Monitor and MTS400 Series MPEG Analyzers are widely used by technical and operations staff in broadcast television networks, cable and satellite program providers, satellite teleports, mobile truck uplinks, digital television stations, IPTV operators, and other facilities supporting content delivery worldwide.

Networks, distribution channels, terrestrial DTV stations and consumers benefit from this technology by receiving reliable MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compressed television programs for viewing with high confidence of proper decoding.

"Tektronix has been and continues to be a pioneer in the television and video industries," said Arif Kareem, Vice President, Video Product Line, Tektronix.

"We are honored to once again be selected for a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award, this time for contributions to MPEG-2 transport stream monitoring and analysis. This is the seventh Emmy awarded to Tektronix, reflecting the continuous innovation at the company."

Source: PRNewswire