To address the market shift toward standard IT-centric infrastructure, Harmonic will showcase its new VOS cloud-native solutions: VOS Cloud and VOS 360.
 To address the market shift toward standard IT-centric infrastructure, Harmonic will showcase its new VOS cloud-native solutions: VOS Cloud and VOS 360. Visitors to the Harmonic stand will get a snapshot of the monetisation opportunities enabled by cloud-based media processing solutions and services, such as cloud DVR and packaging-on-the-fly.
Additionally, Harmonic will showcase a complete UHD HDR workflow and new video-quality assessment technology for OTT workflows that maximizes bandwidth efficiency while assuring that video quality targets are hit. Powered by the Harmonic PURE Compression Engine, the technology enables an outstanding user experience. With its broad portfolio, Harmonic is the only company offering an end-to-end workflow for the delivery of live and VOD UHD content with HDR. Boosting Content Regionalisation and Monetisation Ad insertion, playout and splicing at the edge of the network can help pay-TV operators regionalise and monetise content as part of their primary distribution workflow. Harmonic’s solution can be delivered via satellite or internet for ultimate flexibility, and includes the ProView integrated receiver-decoder (IRD) and FUZE-1 playout system. Virtualising Playout and Delivery At IBC2016, Harmonic will showcase an expanded Spectrum media server family with new virtualized playout and delivery capabilities, including virtualised channel-in-a-box and ABR encoding and packaging. Immersive 360-Degree Virtual Reality Viewing Experience With UHD encoding powered by the Harmonic PURE Compression Engine, Harmonic and select ecosystem partners will showcase an immersive 360-degree virtual reality (VR) viewing experience. Utilising UHD delivery ensures a no-compromise VR solution for broadcast-quality HD imagery. In addition to the VR demonstration, Thierry Fautier, Vice President of video strategy at Harmonic, will present a paper on “VR Video Ecosystem for Live Distribution” as part of the IBC conference session on Exploring New Ideas in VR & 360° Immersive Media, Saturday, Sept. 10, at 10:45 a.m. |
