Harmonic's pioneering solutions attract a lot of industry attention. Check out what the media is saying about us, or click here to view press releases.
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Mark Aitken, director of advanced technology for Sinclair Broadcast Group, states in a podcast for Broadcast Engineering that improvements in MPEG-2 encoding have allowed Sinclair to roll out Mobile ATSC services without degrading HDTV offerings. Without these developments, specifically the encoder technology advanced by Harmonic, Aitken asserts that broadcasters would never be able to muster the bandwidth to offer the advanced on-the-go services that will define the future of television. |
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A new report by prominent market research firm In Stat asserted that Harmonic captured the most encoder market share in 2008, shipping more than 12,000 channels. In Stat’s principal analyst for Converging Market and Technologies, Multimedia noted that Harmonic “has consistently held a strong leadership position in MPEG-2 and AVC,” and expressed her belief that Harmonic’s market position would only grow stronger in 2009 following the integration of Scopus. |
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Harmonic’s Rhozet Carbon Coder transcoding solution will be integrated with Vobile’s VideoDNA fingerprinting technology, allowing Carbon Coder users to generate seamless and automatic VideoDNA fingerprints on their content. This will allow content owners to more effectively protect and control their assets, ensuring proper identification and increasing monetization. |
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Leading Korean telecom SK Broadband recently launched the world’s largest commercial cable IPTV service using Harmonic’s award-winning Direct-to-Edge solution. The pioneering deployment allows SK Broadband to provide uniform IPTV services across its multiple and varied networks with significant infrastructure cost savings. |
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The province of Salzburg, Austria has selected Harmonic’s SUPRALink DWDM transport solution to upgrade its HFC cable network. The SUPRALink solution allows Salzburg to significantly increase its bandwidth without requiring new fiber, significantly reducing costs. The deployment, the first of its kind in the region, will be handled by longtime Harmonic partner Normann Engineering GmbH. |
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