Thomson Inks $5M NBC Deal

NBC has extended its relationship with Thomson, agreeing to buy an additional $5 million worth of Grass Valley digital production equipment. Thomson and NBC just completed a three-year $30 million agreement. Grass Valley equipment is being implemented in several NBC-owned stations, including WMAQ-TV, Chicago; KXAS-TV

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Publish date:: Aug 13, 2003
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NBC has extended its relationship with Thomson, agreeing to buy an additional $5 million worth of Grass Valley digital production equipment. Thomson and NBC just completed a three-year $30 million agreement.

Grass Valley equipment is being implemented in several NBC-owned stations, including WMAQ-TV, Chicago; KXAS-TV, Dallas; KNSD-TV, San Diego; and KNBC-TV, Los Angeles. In addition, GVG digital storage and new equipment installed at CNBC and multiple NBC television stations include multiple networked Profile XP servers, dozens of NewsEdit XT NLE systems and a multi-channel Grass Valley Open SAN shared storage infrastructure that connects various NBC facilities around the country.

Thomson and ESPN made a $15.4 million deal that puts Grass Valley broadcast equipment in the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network's HD production facility in Bristol, Conn. Using Thomson switchers, cameras, routing and control systems and modular equipment, the 12, 000-square foot ESPN Digital Center will suppl

Thomson recently announced several new equipment deals with major broadcasters including FOX Sports, Turner Broadcast and satellite operator DirecTV. In the FOX Sports agreement, five new HD broadcast trucks being built by National Mobile Television, F&F Productions and NEP Supershooters will be equipped with more tha

Several NBC networks are going live with Grass Valley digital news products.

Centrally managed at the NBC hub in Burbank, CA, content is sent to Thomson Grass Valley K2 HD servers at eight of the network’s O&Os

Thomson multimedia has enhanced its digital media holdings by formally acquiring the Grass Valley Group. Originally announced in December 2001, Thomson recently received regulatory clearance from the United States and Europe for the $172 million deal. Acquiring GVG's products and services for Thomson's Broadcast Solut

McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co. will purchase Grass Valley digital production gear to centralize the news operations of four of its ABC affiliates in a deal worth $3.2 million. The move is part of McGraw-Hill's plan to streamline its news program production via a tapeless and shared digital environment. McGraw-Hill's Ind

Thomson Grass Valley will introduce several new products at IBC2003.

Avid Technology recently struck a deal to supply 11 Avid DS Nitris systems for NBC's internal graphics department, known as DesignWorks, as well as its MSNBC cousin. The Avid systems will replace a variety of linear and nonlinear suites that are now being used by both operations. The Avid DS Nitris is an all-in-one po