Tribune rolls out DTV with NDS.

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1999 by Anderson, Karen

Multi-format, high-definition encoder will aid in launching DTV at five stations this year Tribune Broadcasting is deploying the NDS Series E5820 multi-format high-definition encoding system at WPIX(TV) New York; WGN-TV Chicago; KCPQ(TV) Seattle; KTXL(TV) Sacramento, Calif., and WXIN(TV) Indianapolis.

Tribune KTLA(TV) Los Angeles has been using the NDS 5800 HDTV 1080i since it began broadcasting DTV in November. "It's been going well and NDS has supported us as we move forward in trying out multicasting, and now we're working on the full PSIP [on-screen program guide] implementation," says Ira Goldstone, vice president of engineering and technology for Tribune Broadcasting. Like other Tribune stations, Goldstone says, KTLA would have preferred...

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