Granite To Broadcast Internet Content Over DTV

Granite Broadcasting Corporation (NASDAQ: GVBTK) will broadcast Internet content over digital television (DTV) airwaves across its nine U.S.-based television stations, using technology from SkyStream Networks, a developer of broadcast Internet equipment, and Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), the premier supplier of advanced transmitter equipment and systems for the digital television industry. With SkyStreams media routers, Granite has begun trials to broadcast Internet and data content over DTV from its two flagship stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, KNTV (ABC affiliate) and KBWB (WB Network affiliate). Granite Broadcasting Corporation owns and operates nine television stations around the country, reaching almost seven percent of the nations television households. SkyStream developed the networking technology that enables broadcasters like Granite to offer new data rich services to viewers by inserting Internet or IP content into the digital television spectrum using untapped bandwidth. Granite will use the technology to offer home viewers data-enhanced broadcast services such as Web-enhanced television. KNTV and KBWBs data broadcasting architectures will be based on Harris Dataplus product, which has been licensed from SkyStream. SkyStream and Harris signed a distribution agreement in 1999 regarding the incorporation of SkyStreams media routers into its family of DTV broadcasting solutions under the Dataplusô brand. The Dataplus product enables television stations transitioning to digital broadcast centers the ability to augment existing video programming lineups with new revenue-generating data services. ""Were excited to work with two industry-leading companies such as Harris and SkyStream to launch our digital broadcasting network and expand our offering of cutting-edge digital video and Internet programming,"" said Stuart Beck, president of Granite Broadcasting. ""With our flagship Bay Area stations, Granite is one of the most progressive broadcasting companies that will integrate the latest Internet and video programming tools for some of the most technologically sophisticated viewers in the world."" ""By broadcasting Web content over TV, broadcasters like Granite can build custom content and services for home viewers and potentially increase revenues. Granites next generation digital architecture will have the flexibility to enable third-party data services and their own branded services, multiplying the amount of new data programming their viewers can enjoy,"" said Jim Olson, president and CEO of SkyStream Networks. ""By combining Harris longstanding leadership as the premier digital television equipment supplier with SkyStreams extensive background in Internet networking, we are positioned to serve the needs of broadcasters who want the technology expertise to connect their wireless networks with the wired ones that serve most Internet users."" ""Harris is focused on providing next-generation digital architectures for broadcasters and is thrilled to work with SkyStream to build an infrastructure for Granite Broadcasting that allows them to deliver high-quality video and Internet programming,"" said Jay Adrick, Vice President of Systems Integration for Harris Corporations Broadcast Communications Division. ""Granites architecture will enable the company to offer a rich set of applications that combine the robustness of video with the personalization of the Internet."" Product InformationDeveloped by SkyStream and marketed through Harris, Dataplus maximizes bandwidth utilization through the insertion of opportunistic data into null packets within the ATSC transport stream. Dataplus gathers information from a variety of sources including IP, ATM, Synchronous and Asynchronous serial data and converts it into MPEG-2 packets. The system analyzes the incoming audio and video transport layer, identifies and removes null packets and replaces them with data packets for insertion into a single ATSC compliant transport stream. Dataplus is designed to interface seamlessly with Harris FlexiCoder line of high and standard definition MPEG video encoders and multiplexers. Both Granite stations have purchased a Harris V5 frame FlexiCoder. The FlexiCoder has been installed in more than 50% of all digital television stations to date. SkyStreams products include the SkyStream family of media routers as well as a suite of data broadcast applications that offer service providers an integrated solution for sending Internet or corporate data content over broadcast, cable or satellite-based networks. SkyStreams media routers provide broadcasters with an open networking infrastructure to support data broadcasting applications. SkyStreams data broadcast application, the Jetstream Data Broadcast System, offers customers a suite of software tools to schedule, aggregate and deliver popular Web content over a broadcast spectrum. With SkyStream technology, broadcasters can send enhanced data broadcasts, live and scheduled Webcasts and multimedia content to viewers PCs or TVs. About Granite Broadcasting CorporationGranite Broadcasting Corporation (NASDAQ: GBTVK) operates nine television stations in the geographically diverse markets reaching almost 7.0 percent of the nations television households, including a duopoly in the fifth largest market. Three stations are affiliated with the NBC television Network (NBC), three with the ABC Television Network (ABC), one with the CBS Television Network (CBS) and two with the Warner Brothers Network (WB). The NBC affiliates are KSEE-TV, Fresno-Visalia, California, WEEK-TV, Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois, and KBJR-TV, Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The ABC affiliates are WKBW-TV, Buffalo, N.Y., KNTV, San Jose and Monterey-Salinas, California and WPTA-TV, Fort Wayne, Indiana (On September 1, 1999, Granite announced that KNTV, which is operated in combination with KBWB-TV, will become a news-oriented independent station as of July 1, 2000. On November 16, 1999, Granite announced a definitive agreement to acquire WNGS-TV, the UPN affiliate serving Buffalo). The CBS affiliate is WTVH-TV, Syracuse, New York. The WB affiliates are KBWB-TV, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California, and WDWB-TV, Detroit, Michigan. Granite is also recognized as an innovator in the development of new media services that combine television broadcasting and Internet platforms. About HarrisHarris Broadcast Communications Division is the leading supplier of radio and television products, systems, and services, serving broadcasters around the world. Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system, and service solutions that take its customers to the next level. The company provides a wide range of products and services for commercial and government communications markets such as wireless, broadcast, government, and network support. The company has sales and service facilities in nearly 90 countries. About SkyStream NetworksFounded in 1996, SkyStream Networks provides networking equipment that enables Web content to be delivered over broadcast networks. SkyStream products - called media routers - integrate broadcast television and Web content and delivers it to millions of people at the same time over a single broadcast network. SkyStream does this by maximizing the existing bandwidth potential of customers broadcast spectrum - of which an estimated 2-10 percent is untapped. The companyís customers are broadcasters, service providers and satellite and cable companies, including leading companies such as CableCom, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Loral CyberStar and Telefonica. SkyStream partners include BroadLogic, General Instrument, Harris Corporation, International Datacasting, Irdeto Access, Nagra, Philips and Scientific-Atlanta. SkyStream sells its products through its direct sales force and through distribution partners worldwide. SkyStream corporate headquarters are in Mountain View with regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Ontario, Canada; and London, England. SkyStream can be found on the Internet at www.skystream.com.

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