Singapore – BroadcastAsia’s relocation to Suntec Singapore will see the event housed on expanded purpose-built exhibition grounds spanning 20,000 square metres across three levels from 23 – 25 May 2017. The extremely popular TV Everywhere! Zone, back for its third showing, is expected to grow by 50 per cent and act as a major focal point of BroadcastAsia2017. Brand new clusters for drones and virtual reality will also make their debut, rounding up the event’s immersive showcase of … [Read more...] about BroadcastAsia2017’s highlights new features
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Harmonic and AsiaSat UHD channel
Hong Kong/San Jose, Calif.— Harmonic and AsiaSat announced a partnership to launch a new Ultra HD (UHD) channel, 4K-SAT2/HVN, AsiaSat’s second free-to-air UHD channel on AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East for Asia-Pacific. Launching on the new channel will be 4K video content from Harmonic’s video library, as well as content from the new NASA TV UHD channel, in 2160p60 with HEVC Main 10 profile utilizing an end-to-end UHD video processing system from Harmonic. The UHD channels on … [Read more...] about Harmonic and AsiaSat UHD channel
Live India selects end-to-end contribution solution from Harmonic to improve connectivity and video quality
San Jose, California – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) announced that Live India, a major broadcaster based in India, has chosen an end-to-end contribution solution from Harmonic to improve video quality and optimize connectivity between the organization's regional news bureaus and main headquarters in Noida. Harmonic's Ellipse® 3100 contribution encoders and ProView™ 7100 integrated receiver-decoders (IRDs) provide Live India with a high-density, scalable, and bandwidth-efficient … [Read more...] about Live India selects end-to-end contribution solution from Harmonic to improve connectivity and video quality
Harmonic releases Spectrum server line version 7.6
San Jose, California – Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) announced on August 6 the release of version 7.6 of the company's Spectrum media server product line. With this release, the Spectrum MediaCenter (MCP-2200A) media server system now supports 20 channels — eight more than previous models — and up to 32TB of integrated SAS storage in a compact 2-RU enclosure. The company also introduced a series of enhancements to the Spectrum ChannelPort integrated channel playout system and … [Read more...] about Harmonic releases Spectrum server line version 7.6
FIC Philippines deploys Harmonic Solution
San Jose, California — Harmonic announced on August 5 that FOX International Channels (FIC) Philippines has installed a turnkey playout solution from Harmonic to enable streamlined and cost-effective media storage, channel branding, and origination of HD and SD channels. The complete solution features a Harmonic Spectrum MediaDeck integrated media server system, equipped with Spectrum ChannelPort integrated channel playout, Harmonic MediaGrid shared storage systems, ProView 7100 … [Read more...] about FIC Philippines deploys Harmonic Solution
SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days
Luxembourg - SES, together with partners Harmonic and Broadcom Corporation, has pioneered the first Ultra HD transmission in the new HEVC standard live from an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East. The HEVC standard features an up to 50% encoding efficiency improvement, compared to previous test broadcasts in MPEG-4 AVC (H.264). The end-to-end demonstration, which was presented at the SES Industry Days in Luxembourg, used Harmonic’s ProMedia Xpress and a HEVC decoder reference-design … [Read more...] about SES to pioneer first Ultra HD transmission in new standard at SES Industry Days
