Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark Selects DTV Innovations Medusa For Their Cost Effective LEX-2000 ATSC 3.0 Upgrade Solution

ELGIN, IL, April 11, 2024 – Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark LLC (hereinafter “COMARK”), a manufacturer and supplier of DTV transmitters, encoding systems, and associated field services for over 50 years, has selected DTV Innovations LLC (hereinafter “DTVI”) Medusa for their LEX-2000 Encoder ATSC 3.0 Upgrade Solution. The LEX encoder has been available for many years and is currently used by broadcasters for LPTV and disaster recovery market segments.

The LEX‐2000 is a powerful yet low-cost ATSC 1.0 encoder / multiplexer, that can be configured with all the necessary functions to get a DTV station on-the-air with up to 8 video programs. It uses a compact 2RU dedicated hardware platform and includes many built-in source connections to support HD-SDI, SD-SDI, NTSC Analog, as well as an ASI input for MPEG2 transport streams. The encoder also supports PSIP ingest, EAS, and top-of-the-hour station ID. The LEX-2000 platform is an extremely versatile product which now has a simple upgrade path to support ATSC 3.0.

The LEX 3.0 Upgrade pairs the LEX-2000 with the DTV Innovations Medusa product for a simple and cost-effective upgrade path to NextGen TV. The consolidated solution includes HEVC-DASH encoding, ROUTE, and the Broadcast Gateway functions with a very simple user interface for system configuration. Additional video programs can also be licensed on an as-needed basis. The upgrade uses a single, space efficient 1RU commercial high-availability server incorporating hot swappable redundant power supplies that has a simple interface to existing LEX-2000 encoder platforms.

The DTVI Medusa, is a Complete Station Solution for ATSC 3.0 transmission comprising a transcoder/DASH packager, Service Announcement/Signaling Generator & Broadcast Gateway all within 1RU single server appliance. It provides broadcasters with the ability to cost effectively launce an ATSC 3.0 transmission. The solution provides video and audio transcoding, DASH packaging as well as ESG, AEA/AEI, and NRT ROUTE data encapsulation for ATSC 3.0 “Datacasting” of related and unrelated IP Data for broadcast. The solution provides an ATSC 3.0 A/324 compliant STLTP output. It can also support integrated STLTP over RIST or SRT for secure reliable STLTP streaming over the public internet.

Additional information on this solution will be available at DTVI’s NAB 2024 booth W3035 and Comark’s NAB booth C451.

About DTV INNOVATIONS LLC:

For almost 20 years DTVI has been synonymous with broadcast expertise and innovation. DTVI offers high-quality, cost-effective hardware and software solutions that enable the delivery of broadcast and streaming of content. Products include ATSC 3.0/NextGenTV solutions, PSIP Generators, Encoders, IP Stream Converters, Transcoders, and Fail Over switches supporting ATSC, and DVB, standards. We focus on deploying leading-edge products, consulting services for system design and implementation, coupled with professional support before and after the sale.

DTV Innovations is a privately held company with a management team with over eighty years of combined experience in the Television Broadcast industry. With over 500 customers worldwide DTVI products serve the needs ranging from a network flagship station located in New York City or a family-owned low-power TV station located in the heartland. Information about products from DTV Innovations is available at: www.dtvinnovations.com.

Contact:

Benitius Handjojo DTV Innovations LLC Tel: +1 847 919 3555 Email: bhandjojo@dtvinnovations.com