International. GatesAir cements its legacy as the leading provider of transmitters in the repack, with nearly half of the market share at press time. The company shipped its 400th transmitter on the repack in October, and expects to surpass 500 transmitter shipments by the end of 2019.
To date, GatesAir has shipped more than 17,000 power amplifiers, representing more than 11.2 megawatts of transmission power. Some 60 percent of those shipments have been successfully installed and are now up in the air.
"GatesAir has successfully met all shipping deadlines thanks to detailed capacity planning, resulting in key manufacturing initiatives to handle volume," said Bryant Burke, gatesAir's vice president of operations. "I am very proud of the work our team has done. Many of our shipments are well ahead of customer phase requirements, reducing uncertainty around planning."
GatesAir CEO Bruce D. Swail said, "With all but a handful of high-power repack orders remaining, GatesAir is proud to confirm its position as the transmission industry's leading repack transmitter supplier. GatesAir is now pivoting to ship large numbers of low-power transmitters for the next phase of LPTV repackaging, providing the same level of service and engagement to our low-power customers."
GatesAir recently expanded its range of low-power TV transmitters through a strategic commercial acquisition, strengthening its value proposition for FM, LPTV and repack allocations. These assignments will address more than 2000 stations displaced by higher power stations in phases 0 to 10. The submission period for low-power broadcasters is now underway and continues until mid-November.
