Harmonic Launches ProMedia

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Aug 21, 2011 3:26 PM

Harmonic voiced the ProMedia family of program systems that optimize live and file-based multiscreen video prolongation and estimate for calm and service providers. The ProMedia family performs a extended operation of functions, inclusive transcoding, packaging, and fad to capacitate high-quality video creation and smoothness of live streaming, live-to-VOD, and VOD services to TVs, PCs, tablets, chic phones, and other IP-connected devices. ProMedia is moreover an preferred network for calm creation in file-based workflows such as tapeless prolongation environments.

A apartment of program products that may be deployed away or as an end-to-end video estimate system, the ProMedia family offers the adaptableness and opening compulsory for today's multiscreen video services. The ProMedia family is moreover integrated with heading digital rights administration systems, item administration systems, and calm placement networks, in add-on to other Harmonic products inclusive encoders, receivers, playout servers, and storage.

The ProMedia family leverages Harmonic's burly H.264 video codec skill - formed on the same egghead property at the back Harmonic's market-leading Electra encoders - to give superior-quality video calm for multiscreen viewing.

The ProMedia family includes 4 program products. ProMedia Live is a real-time video estimate and transcoding network with enhanced H.264 video codec technology created by Harmonic and optimized for developing high-quality Internet video streams.

Powered by Rhozet technology, ProMedia Carbon (formerly Carbon Coder) is a file-based transcoder that supports the largest form of acquisition, editing, broadcast, Web, and mobile formats in the industry. The network beam from a singular example to a considerable programmed multinode transcoding farm.

ProMedia Package is a carrier-grade adaptive streaming credentials network for secure, high-value Internet video services. ProMedia Package supports countless streaming protocol standards and is able of wrapping in multi-part outlay formats from a singular video source, enabling a more scalable, distributed architecture.

ProMedia Origin is an and RTMP streaming video server preferred for imagining a extended operation of multiscreen services in a scalable, easy-to-manage, carrier-class platform. Leveraging industry-standard protocols from Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft to show off device interoperability, ProMedia Origin enables services such as live streaming, VOD, catch-up TV, start-over TV, and network DVR to related devices.

Control and administration may be rubbed by Harmonic NMX Digital Service Manager or a Web-based GUI for real-time services. Harmonic is gift server-based hardware appliances to horde the assorted ProMedia program applications. The initial patron shipments are approaching to start in August.