LARCAN, Sumavision Partner in Cost-Effective DTV Solution

By Doug Lung
published

LARCAN and Sumavision Technologies have announced [PDF] a partnership to provide a complete MPEG encoding package with integrated multiplexer which, as part of LARCAN's Octane Series, makes it easy for low power TV broadcasters to begin DTV broadcasting and to transmit multiple programs with PSIP generation.

"Our partnership with Sumavision to offer Octane Series give broadcasters multi-channel MPEG technology within the complete system solutions of LARCAN Plus," said Scott Barella, LARCAN's vice president of Business Development and Technology. "Our new Octane encoder-multiplexer, alongside our new Pulse exciter and proven MXi Series of transmitters, delivers the most comprehensive and cost effective solution on the market."

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.