DVB Sync Source Enabling Highly Reliable Delivery of Video and Audio Content Highlighted at NAB Show – April 14-17, 2008 – Las Vegas, NV
SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 8, 2008 — Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced the company will be demonstrating its 4370A DVB Sync Source at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, Monday, April 14 – Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Symmetricom booth # C4544, Las Vegas, NV. The DVB Sync Source is a high performance, flexible and highly reliable timing system designed for Single Frequency Network (SFN) synchronization for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) applications.
WHAT: Demonstration of Symmetricom’s 4370A DVB Sync Source
WHEN: Monday, April 14 – Thursday, April 17, 2008
WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV
DVB/DAB require a precision time and frequency reference to synchronize transmitters across multiple locations. Without synchronization, networks are not able to deliver reliable video and audio content to the end user. The 4370A receives reference-timing signals from Global Positioning System (GPS) and translates them to generate the output signals. In case of GPS loss, the 4370A, when configured with redundant timing inputs will automatically switch to an auxiliary input to continually provide outputs that are traceable to a primary reference clock. Redundancy is a key requirement because without GPS based sync, transmission is lost and Quality of Service (QoS) is degraded.
For more information on the 4370A DVB Sync Source or to download Symmetricom’s whitepaper, “Single Frequency Networks Require Robust Time & Frequency Synchronization,” visit: http://www.symmttm.com/pr/4370A/.
For more on the NAB Show, visit: www.nabshow.org.
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