TalkTalk Expands IPTV Service Offering with Harmonic Solutions

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that TalkTalk, a leading telecommunications provider in the U.K., has chosen an integrated headend solution from Harmonic to help deliver its IPTV services. Utilizing Harmonics Electra(TM) 9200 universal multiservice encoder and ProStream(R) 9100 with ACE(R) stream processor and transcoder, which feature a highly dense and scalable architecture, TalkTalk can cost-effectively deliver high-quality live and VOD content and an increased channel lineup to subscribers set-top boxes.

"YouView from TalkTalk is Britains fastest growing TV service. To deliver our growing range of content to more than a million subscribers, we needed an IPTV headend solution that would increase our encoding efficiency and support future growth, said Naresh Raj, broadcast systems team leader at TalkTalk Group. "Harmonics integrated video processing solutions provide outstanding video quality while lowering our capital and operating expenses through density and scalability. Relying on a unified headend from Harmonic, we have the flexibility to support additional subscribers and add more channels as our market requirements change."

Harmonics Electra 9200 provides high-quality, low-bandwidth MPEG-4 AVC encoding of video content for TalkTalks IPTV services. Through a high-density design that supports up to eight HD output services per chassis, Electra dramatically lowers TalkTalks capital and operational expenses. Electra offers a rich feature set that also includes powerful integrated audio encoding tools and enhanced serviceability via hot-swappable dual power supplies, fan assembly, compression modules, and processing cards, increasing the telco providers video quality, reliability, and operational efficiencies. As TalkTalk adds more linear channels and video-on-demand content to its lineup, the encoders scalable architecture will grow to accommodate additional channels.

TalkTalk is also leveraging Harmonics ProStream 9100 with ACE. As the industrys highest density processing and transcoding solution, ProStream with ACE can transcode up to 60 SD MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC broadcast services, maximizing TalkTalks operational efficiencies and cost savings. ProStream with ACE delivers superior video quality while providing TalkTalk with the flexibility to support a variety of complex digital processing applications, including digital turnaround and any-to-any audio and video transcoding, further streamlining the delivery of its IPTV services. Hot-swappable dual power supplies provide TalkTalk with high reliability and simplified serviceability.

"Harmonic is the leading global provider of IPTV headends, said Ian Graham, vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Harmonic. "Our IPTV headend solutions offer the density, scalability, and advanced compression technology that will allow TalkTalk to easily meet the growing subscriber expectation for more content and better video quality."

Further information about Harmonic and the companys products is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

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