Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IBC — Stand 1.D11), September 08, 2011 — Grass Valley™ has been awarded a contract for five LDK 3000 high definition cameras as part of an upgrade of the news studio at LNK, the leading Lithuanian commercial broadcaster. The order was won by Hannu Pro, the Grass Valley distributor in the Baltics, against stiff competition from other vendors which offered low-priced entry level cameras, but failed to match up to the quality and reliability of the LDK 3000.

LNK's news and broadcast center in Vilnius has relied on Grass Valley products for five years, including Kayak™ production switchers, Maestro™ master control, Concerto™ Series routers, K2 media servers, as well as LDK 400 standard definition cameras. The broadcaster is now starting its transition to HD, and the new LDK 3000 cameras are an important part of the project.

"We have used Grass Valley standard definition cameras for years, and we are very comfortable with them operationally and technically," said Ricardas Kazlauskas, LNK Technical Director and Board Member. "As part of our evaluation, we compared the LDK 3000 directly with other manufacturer's cameras we were considering, and the Grass Valley image quality was significantly better. This, and our familiarity with LDK Series cameras, made it an obvious choice for us."

"We appreciate that many broadcasters have tight budgets in which to accomplish their HD transition, but cannot compromise on the image quality that viewers demand" said Jeff Rosica, Executive Vice President at Grass Valley. "The LDK 3000 camera – which combines our world-class digital image processing with the innovative Xensium CMOS imager – was developed for just this application, and we are excited to continue our relationship with LNK and appreciate the support of our regional distributor Hannu Pro."

The LDK 3000 camera uses three Xensium™ imagers, each with 2.4 million pixels, allowing the camera to switch between shooting in 1080i and 720p. Being physically identical to the rest of the Grass Valley high definition LDK Series camera range, the LDK 3000 is completely familiar to operators and can use all existing accessories, including the Grass Valley SuperXpander, Grass Valley's unique Ethernet-based control network C2IPand its OCP 400 control panel.

The contract was placed in June 2011, with shipment scheduled for August. This will allow LNK to produce news in HD starting in September.

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