New York-based WMHT, a public broadcaster serving eastern N.Y. and western New England, is the latest PBS member station to choose Leitch's AgileVision platform for its digital broadcast system. WMHT joins Kans.-based Smoky Hills Public TV, KTWU and WCNY in N.Y., South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Penn.-based WLVT, Ida

Key AgileVision features include HD and SD splicing, logo overlays and rate control.

A station serving eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey is the latest PBS member to choose Leitch's AgileVision as the cornerstone of its digital broadcast system. WLVT (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) plans high-definition, multicasting and datacasting. The station has struck deals with local cable companies to ensure carr

Springfield, Mass.-based public television station WGBY-TV selected Leitch's AgileVision MPEG processing platform as a component of its ongoing conversion from analog to digital broadcasting. The AGV-1000 is a DTV playout system featuring integrated MPEG-2 master control, two SD ATSC real-time encoders and an HD/SD vid

Leitch Technology Corp. has acquired the assets of AgileVision LLC, a joint venture of Mercury Computer Systems Inc. and Sarnoff Corp. AgileVision was created in 1999 to integrate Mercury's computing platform with Sarnoff's software for use in DTV. AgileVision works in software-based manipulation of compressed video a

As configured for the public station, the AgileVision system will output one HD signal and two SD signals simultaneously in the 19.39 Mb/s ATSC multiplex stream.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based WJCT and Tallahassee, Fla.-based WFSU recently installed Leitch Technology Corp.'s AgileVision MPEG processing systems. Leitch touts AgileVision's simplicity, cost-effectiveness and quick "time to air" capabilities. Features include HD and SD splicing, logo overlays and rate control, all in th