Harmonic

Kaltura, a video technology provider, and Harmonic, which provides video delivery infrastructure, said Thursday that the companies have partnered to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) platform that lets OTT players quickly launch “live to OTT,” as well as VOD and time-shifted services. Kaltura has integrated Harmonic’s new VOS 360 professional cloud media processing service with […]

Perhaps the trends in master control that will receive the most attention at the NAB Show will be the role of IP transport as an attractive alternative to baseband signal distribution and routing. But also attracting attention in Las Vegas next week will be 4K Ultra HD, more tightly integrated master control and traffic workflows and VOD. For a resources guide to the companies mentioned in this story, click here. Read all the 2016 NAB Hot Topics stories here.

Harmonic, a provider of video delivery infrastructure, today announced that Jordan Media City (JMC), a privately owned media company based in Amman, Jordan, has chosen an end-to-end headend solution from Harmonic to support its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service. JMC is using Harmonic’s ProView integrated receiver decoders (IRDs), Electra X2 advanced media processors, ProStream 9100 with ACE […]

Harmonic | Booth SU1210 | Website: www.harmonicinc.com Harmonic  has launched the Spectrum X next-generation media server system. Designed for production and playout applications, the Spectrum X media server system eases the transition to IP broadcast workflows by integrating SDI and IP I/O on the same chassis. The software-based system leverages Harmonic’s VOS technologies and combines […]

IP transport will touch so many aspects of television that it is positioned over time to supplant most everything people know and understand about TV workflows — from origination and contribution to distribution and consumption. The latest developments will be on display at next month’s NAB Show. This is the latest installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas. The schedule: March 26: Audio; April 2: Automation. Read the earlier installments here.

Harmonic intros VOS, a software platform for television production and distribution that leverages the company’s existing intellectual property for a future in which virtual machines replace purpose-built hardware.

Video delivery systems provider Harmonic today announced that George Stromeyer has been appointed as the company’s new senior vice president of worldwide sales. Leading Harmonic’s global sales network, Stromeyer will oversee efforts in the broadcast, cable, satellite, telco, media and postproduction markets. Prior to joining Harmonic, Stromeyer most recently headed worldwide sales efforts for Cisco’s […]

Harmonic, a provider of video delivery infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Lauren Ventura as vice president of channels. Ventura joins Harmonic with more than 20 years of experience driving new business, building channel business programs and executing marketing plans for global companies. As a consultant for Boston Consulting Group and Bain Capital, Ventura worked […]

Since its merger with Omneon last year, Harmonic now serves customers on the both the content and delivery chain.

Among the myriad of broadcasting gear on display at next week’s NAB Show in Las Vegas are automation, traffic and billing equipment and software. There’s growing interest in these products since TV broadcasters need to be able to oversee a growing number of channels with a shrinking number of staff.

Less than six months after the officially closing the deal to sell Omneon to Harmonic, Suresh Vasudevan has said he will resign from the company effective Feb. 1. The news was disclosed via an 8K filing with the SEC.