EtherGuide Systems Customers

EtherGuide Systems first customer, KYES-TV/DT, the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Anchorage (market rank #155), and much of the rest of Alaska.

KYES-DT

KYES-TV/DT is owned by Fireweed Communications, Inc. and operated by Fireweed Communications, LLC> Jeremy Lansman is the President, Carol Schatz is VP and General Manager, and Lori Erickson-Hagen is the Station Manager.

Jeremy Lansman is well known in the field and annals of non-commercial radio and is the Chief Engineer and genius in residence at KYES, which is the Alpha site for EtherGuide Systems and the non-disclosure agreement between Fireweed Communications, Inc. and EtherGuide Systems only prevents us from disclosing the confidential and trade secrets of the other party.

His insight into the needs and capabilities of small-market TV stations is almost as important to the development of EtherGuide Systems products as was his license fee that came well before EtherGuide Emissary and EtherGuide Ferret were ready for air.

If you'd like to hear his viewpoints on EtherGuide Emissary and EtherGuide Ferret, you might give him a call on 907-339-3800.

KNME-DT (PBS) Albuquerque, New Mexico (University of New Mexico)

Jim Gale, the well-regarded Chief Engineer of KNME-DT Albuquerque, NM/KNMD-DT Santa Fe (both New Mexico) has hired EtherGuide Systems to analyze the two originating digital stations operated by the University of New Mexico to try to resolve severe reception problems that arose after a transport stream reconfiguration had been performed. Previous analysis had indicated there were no radio frequency issues with the signals of KNME and the low power station KNMD.  .

Without knowledge or interest in the particulars of the transmission chain, and using a variety of analysis tools, EtherGuide Systems provided detailed reports that clearly identified standards compliance issues with distinct references to the associated provisions and, where applicable, FCC rules.

Using the reports, KNME was able to isolate problems that were caused by particular pieces of equipment that were solved when the maker provided firmware updates, and by rationlizing transport stream workflow by removing or bypassing equipment that were creating errors in mandatory descriptors.

As a result, KNME was able to effectively expand service to previously disenfranchised viwers without taking the main station or translator network off air, and without buying additonal new equipment

Non-commercial LPTV broadcaster, Southwestern United States

EtherGuide Systems' third customer is a non-commercial LPTV broadcaster that, contingent on funding from the United States Federal Government, will deploy a customized version of EtherGuide Prophecy to integrate Electronic Program Guide listings for daily local programming into the schedule provided by the primary full-service stations that is rebroadcast the rest of the programming day. Details on this installation will be provided by the time this system has been installed and commissioned.