China Netcom selects Tektronix digital video instruments Beijing Olympics

Tektronix, a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, has announced that China Netcom has selected Tektronix video test and monitoring equipment to help ensure flawless video broadcasting of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

China Netcom will implement a video test infrastructure including new Tektronix PQA500 picture quality analyzers, WFM7120 waveform monitors, MTM400 MPEG transport stream monitors, and the MTS430 MPEG test system.

An official partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, China Netcom is responsible for the video signal transmission to the International Broadcast Center from all the Olympic competition venues in seven cities. These video signals will then be distributed to Rights Holding Broadcast Organizations for production and transmission to different countries and regions.

Zhang Shiming, image operation director of 2008 Olympic Games communication team at China Netcom, said: "China Netcom is committed to providing video signal transmission of the highest quality, stability and reliability for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. We selected Tektronix equipment for this critically important project due to the company's innovative technology, uncompromising quality, strong technical support, and proven expertise and experience with previous Olympic Games."

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