Optimize your playout-to-delivery workflow
- Advanced Playout & Encoding
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Affiliate Customization
Uncompromising performance
Achieve operational efficiency with our advanced playout capabilities, supporting live content and native broadcast file format ingestion. Brand your channel with powerful graphics and deliver premium video quality for broadcast and streaming audiences with the built-in PURE compression engine. Edit your playlist manually and monitor your channels via the intuitive, easy to use Playlist Monitor App or control the channels with your own automation system.
Key features include:
Ingest live content and native broadcast file formats.Advanced playout with powerful graphics and branding capabilities.Record live content and play it back later.Efficient video compression with premium video quality.
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Expand audience reach
Stream your channel directly to consumers (D2C) or FAST platforms seamlessly with industry-standard protocols like DASH, HLS or CMAF. Secure your content across all devices and networks with robust DRM protection, ensuring safe, protected delivery. Benefit from integrated SCTE-35 message support for efficient ad insertion downstream. Our high-resiliency architecture features 1+1 channel redundancy options to guarantee uninterrupted service and an optimal viewing experience.
Key features include:
Seamless delivery to IP end devices for broad audience accessibility.Protocols (CMAF, DASH, HLS) ensure secure and adaptive bitrate streaming.Create SCTE-35 messages from downstream ad insertion.Minimize CDN delivery costs with Harmonic PURE compression engine.
Tailor content for affiliate networks
When distributing your channels to multiple affiliates (MSOs, cable operators, telecom operators, OTT operators, and various pay TV service providers), you can tailor your channel to the exact requirements of each affiliate. Our solution's playout-to-delivery capabilities enable it to receive a stream either from IP networks or satellite, descramble, decode, up/down convert, insert advanced graphics (static, animated, RSS feed, slates, etc.), replace content or insert local ads, and re-encode using advanced compression techniques. This allows you to deliver some of the incoming HD channels in ABR, CBR, or VBR formats using any codecs (MPEG-2, AVC, HEVC) depending on each affiliate's needs.
Key features include:
Monetization with per affiliate ad insertion.Content replacement, blackout, spotlight, HTML5 graphic insertion.Playlist, assets and graphic downloads to the affiliate via in-band messaging.Superior video quality with Harmonic PURE compression.
44p Selects Harmonic for Efficient UHD Playout, Media Processing and Distribution
“We provide top-tier media production services, from live sports to entertainment, and
needed a reliable and efficient media processing solution.”
Mido Fayad | Chief Technology Officer at 44p
Proven success in real-world applications
The Harmonic channel origination solution empowers companies in the media and entertainment industry to enhance their playout-to-delivery capabilities. From enabling direct IP streaming to facilitating multi-service provider distribution and regional customization, our technology offers versatile solutions tailored to meet specific needs.
Event-based pop-up channels
Create temporary pop-up event-based channels that are live for a specified period. Our solution allows you to dynamically activate and deactivate these channels, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to audience demands and event schedules.
Channel redundancy
Ensure uninterrupted service continuity with robust channel redundancy capabilities and hybrid deployment options. Our solution supports redundant configurations to minimize downtime and maximize reliability, whether deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment.
Regional channel customization
Tailor your national linear channels using the advanced XOS appliance. Customize content dynamically by replacing selected time slots with localized programming or news, ensuring engagement and relevance at a local level.
