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June 7, 2004
Dear Program Directors and Chief Engineers:
We are pleased to inform you that we have reached
an agreement with Pathfire for the delivery of our
syndicated programming via the Pathfire DMG system.
Programs such as JUST SHOOT ME and THE KING OF QUEENS,
and other shows you may be licensing from Sony Pictures
Television are scheduled to begin arriving via the
Pathfire DMG system in your facility beginning Fall
of 2004.
The benefits of Pathfire delivered content within
your station include:
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Operational
savings in manpower needed to move dishes,
set up routers, load tapes, prepare programs,
and maintain tape machines.
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Long-term capital savings
in tape machine replacements, router capacity
and satellite dishes.
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Metadata associated with
the digital content, such as frame-accurate
timing information, is automatically delivered
with the content and is available to any desktop
within the station.
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High-quality digital
delivery of programming removes the analog
satellite transmission step. The content can
now remain in digital form without interruption
from the content provider all the way to your
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In order to ensure that we configure the Pathfire
equipment at your station correctly, promptly, and
with minimal disruption to you and your daily operation,
we need your input. You will soon receive, via e-mail,
a Web link to a Station Survey. It is important
that you complete this Web-based survey as soon
as possible to ensure that your station is ready
for the transition to Pathfire.
Sony Pictures Television looks forward to serving
your station's digital content delivery needs. If
you have technical questions about the upcoming
configuration activities for the Pathfire system,
please call Pathfire's support hotline at 1-888-345-0489,
(press option 6). You may also send an email to
deployment@pathfire.com,
or visit the Pathfire support website http://support.pathfire.com.
A detailed plan of the overall transition will be
provided to you the week of June 21, 2004. If you
have any general (non-technical) questions about
the transition to Pathfire, you can contact your
Account Services Manager as follows:
Just Shoot Me & King of Queens: Jan Griffin,
Manager Account Services 1(310) 244-7938 or Nina
Louie, Vice President 1(310) 244-7734.
We anticipate a very smooth transition to this
platform, and we are excited about the opportunity
to provide you with this cutting-edge technology.
Sincerely,
Francine Beougher
Senior Vice President
Distribution Operations
Sony Pictures Television
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