[QuadList] OT: Harris Quits broadcast equipment- more detail

[david at dcvideo.com]

Harris had a direct connection to 2" quad: The Harris 590 TBC. I ran a VR 1200 in a truck in Ohio for NBC college basketball that had one in lieu of the Amtec/Colortec etc. NBC Burbank had a 590 for month hooked up to a TR 70A for demo purposes in the early 80's. 

David Crosthwait
DC Video
www.dcvideo.com


Don Norwood <dwnorwood at embarqmail.com> wrote ..
> Hi Ted:
> 
> I received an email this afternoon from Harris, apparently sent to everyone who
> had an account with them.  It's what you would expect the standard corporate line
> to be.....everything is fine and we look forward to a great future.....
> 
> I'm sure you recall that they entered the broadcast business by acquiring Gates,
> but oddly, if you look at their corporate website history page, there's no mention
> of that.
> 
> I can tie this to quad machines, because I've always had a variety of Leitch hardware,
> and they acquired Leitch some years ago, so signals that go into or come out of
> my quads often pass thru a Harris product!
> 
> Don Norwood
> Digitrak Communications, Inc.
> www.digitrakcom.com
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Ted Langdell 
>   To: Quad List 
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:55 PM
>   Subject: Re: [QuadList] OT: Harris Quits broadcast equipment- more detail
> 
> 
>   While Harris didn't manufacture video recorders... it's long history in broadcasting
> makes it worthy of noting.
> 
> 
>   There's more here:
> 
> 
>   http://blog.devoncroft.com/2012/05/01/harris-corporation-to-divest-broadcast-business/
> 
> 
>   with links to previous stories Devoncroft has covered that shed some light on
> the recent past.
> 
> 
>   There's also been a change in the Chairman/CEO position between the two quarters,
> so that may have something to do with the decision.
> 
> 
>   If the Broadcast division is for sale... obvious questions are:
> 
> 
>     How much?
>     What products are included?
>     Revenue?
>     Profit?
>     Who'd be interested?