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Harmonic’s MPEG-4 AVC Digital Video
Splicer Completes Microsoft Mediaroom Conformance Testing
Other Topics:
End-to-End
IPTV Solution,
IPTV
STB
Deployment
BUSINESS WIRE
October 21, 2008
TelcoTV 2008
Booth #627
SUNNYVALE, California & REDMOND, Washington - Harmonic Inc.
(NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that its ProStream™ 2000 digital video
splicer has successfully completed conformance testing for real-time
splicing of national MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video streams of the
Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) platform. A key
component of Harmonic’s award-winning IP-based advertisement
insertion solution, fully compliant with the SCTE 35 and SCTE 30
standards, the software-based ProStream 2000 platform offers
outstanding levels of scalability and can be easily integrated into
an IPTV operator’s network. |
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The test for the ProStream
2000 platform was administered by Microsoft Corp. as part of the
Microsoft Mediaroom Interoperability and Qualification Lab (IQ Lab)
program, which is intended to enable the ongoing interoperability
and compliance of headend equipment used in deployments of Microsoft
Mediaroom. A long-standing Microsoft Mediaroom ecosystem partner,
Harmonic powers the video headends for a majority of Microsoft
Mediaroom's customers worldwide.
“Microsoft Mediaroom customers now have another way to build
connected TV services and applications that will ultimately help
drive new revenue streams and provide consumers with personalized TV
experiences,” said Christine Heckart, general manager of marketing
of the Connected Television Division at Microsoft. “Our ongoing
collaboration with Harmonic, including conformance testing with
Harmonic's ProStream 2000, is a significant validation of the
growing options we provide our service provider customers for their
IPTV deployments.”
“Harmonic’s ProStream 2000 is the industry’s first H.264 digital
splicer to complete Microsoft conformance testing, and features
multi-channel and multi-service capabilities within a compact single
rack unit (1-RU) chassis,” said Marios Stylianou, Product Manager at
Harmonic Inc. “A key element of Harmonic’s ad insertion solution
portfolio, the technically advanced ProStream 2000 maintains high
video quality, resulting in greater scalability and lower costs for
operators. Further enhancements, such as improved throughput
capacity, selective encryption support and SMPTE 2022 forward error
correction (FEC) support are also available with a software
upgrade.”
Microsoft Mediaroom enables unique connected TV features and
experiences, such as simultaneous recording of multiple
high-definition and standard-definition TV channels, personal media
sharing, whole-home and remote digital video recording (DVR), and
multiple picture-in-picture scenarios. The award-winning platform is
delivering connected TV experiences to more than 1.5 million
subscribers worldwide.
Harmonic's ad insertion portfolio of solutions for telco IPTV
service providers includes Harmonic’s DiviCom® Electra® 7000 HD
H.264 encoders, Electra 5400 SD H.264 encoders, and DiviCom Ion™ SD
H.264 encoders, all of which have previously completed Mediaroom
compliance testing. Other components of the complete advertising
solution include CLEARcut™ offline content preparation and
pre-conditioning, NMX Digital Service Manager™ for monitoring and
control, and SCTE 30 compliant ad servers.
The ProStream 2000 H.264 digital video splicing solution, along with
Harmonic’s fully integrated, next-generation ad insertion product
offering, will be on display at TelcoTV booth #627, taking place in
Anaheim, California from November 11-13.
About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is a leading provider of versatile and high
performance video solutions that enable service providers to
efficiently deliver the next generation of broadcast and on-demand
services including high definition, video-on-demand, network
personal video recording and time-shifted TV. Cable, satellite,
broadcast and telecom service providers can increase revenues and
lower operational expenditures by using Harmonic’s digital video,
broadband optical access and software solutions to offer consumers
the compelling and personalized viewing experience that is driving
the business models of the future.
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
with R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The
Company’s customers, including many of the world’s largest
communications providers, deliver services in virtually every
country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com for more information.
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