Harmonic Products at BIRTV

Harmonic Products at BIRTV 07 Aug 2013

Spectrum ChannelPort Branded Channel Playout Module

Harmonic will showcase new features for its market-leading Spectrum media server product line. The Spectrum ChannelPort branded channel playout module features powerful new channel-in-a-box capabilities such as dual DVEs with independent branding.

Spectrum ChannelPort speeds the cost-effective deployment of new SD and HD television channels by integrating branding and master control switching with clip playback on the industrys most trusted media server platform. Fully compatible with Spectrum MediaCenter and MediaDeck 7000 servers, ChannelPort fits seamlessly into existing production and playout infrastructures, reducing complexity and cutting the time it takes to launch new services.

Harmonic MediaGrid Scalable Shared Storage

Harmonic MediaGrid is designed specifically for video workflows, providing the performance of a SAN with the simplicity of NAS. Proven in many of the worlds most demanding video environments, MediaGrid is a great fit for applications requiring shared, real-time storage, such as edit-in-place, collaborative editing, transcoding, video-on-demand (VOD), and over-the-top (OTT) adaptive bit-rate streaming. MediaGrid is scale-out storage, enabling organizations to start small and then seamlessly scale to petabytes of capacity and tens of gigabytes per second of throughput. It is built for 24/7 operations, and it delivers more performance for the money than competing systems as the result of Harmonics unique file system software, which enables true parallel access across many storage nodes and network connections.

ProMedia Family of Multiscreen Solutions

At BIRTV 2013, Harmonic will demonstrate its ProMedia family of software and appliance solutions engineered to optimize video production workflows for live and high-volume video-on-demand (VOD) multiscreen applications. New features include HEVC and Ultra-HD support, increased synergy with the Harmonic MediaGrid scalable shared storage system, and support for closed captioning, regional blackouts, and Nielsen ID3 tagging.

The addition of HEVC and Ultra-HD support to the ProMedia family continues Harmonics market leadership position in implementing new standards. By providing up to 50 percent better compression efficiency than H.264, HEVC helps alleviate bandwidth constraints and enables the delivery of higher-resolution video to multiple screens. Additionally, the ProMedia Xpress high-performance transcoder supports the emerging Ultra-HD format for VOD applications. HEVC and AVC transcoding of Ultra-HD on ProMedia Xpress leverages Harmonics MicroGrid parallel-computing technology to achieve remarkable transcoding speed, allowing Harmonic customers to unlock the bandwidth and video quality advantages of 4K and Ultra-HD content in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Company Overview:

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) is the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure for emerging television and video services. The companys production-ready innovation enables content and service providers to efficiently create, prepare, and deliver differentiated video services for television and new media platforms. More information is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

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