Harmonic targets multiscreen apps
Harmonic has launched the ProMedia software family which optimises live and file-based multiscreen video production and processing via a broad range of functions, including transcoding, packaging, and origination to enable high-quality video creation and delivery of live streaming etc to TVs, PCs, tablets, smartphones, and other IP-connected devices.
A suite of software products that can be deployed individually or as an end-to-end video processing solution, the ProMedia family is also integrated with leading digital rights management systems, asset management systems, and content distribution networks, in addition to other Harmonic products including encoders, receivers, playout servers, and storage.
According to a statement, the ProMedia family leverages Harmonic’s strong H.264 video codec expertise — based on the same intellectual property behind Harmonic’s market-leading Electra encoders — to provide superior-quality video content for multiscreen viewing.
The ProMedia family includes four software products:
• ProMedia Live is a real-time video processing and transcoding system with enhanced H.264 video codec technology developed by Harmonic and optimized for creating high-quality Internet video streams.
• Powered by Rhozet technology, ProMedia Carbon (formerly Carbon Coder) is a file-based transcoder that supports the largest array of acquisition, editing, broadcast, Web, and mobile formats in the industry. The system scales from a single instance to a large automated multinode transcoding farm.
• ProMedia Package is a carrier-grade adaptive streaming preparation system for secure, high-value Internet video services. ProMedia Package supports numerous HTTP streaming protocol standards and is capable of packaging in multiple output formats from a single video source, enabling a more scalable, distributed architecture.
• ProMedia Origin is an HTTP and RTMP streaming video server ideal for originating a broad range of multiscreen services in a scalable, easy-to-manage, carrier-class platform. Leveraging industry-standard protocols from Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft to maximize device interoperability, ProMedia Origin enables services such as live streaming, VOD, catch-up TV, start-over TV, and network DVR to connected devices.
“As demand continues to grow for more video on more devices, content creators and service providers need to implement an efficient and scalable infrastructure that can support a wide variety of input, editing, and output formats,” said Moore Macauley, director, multiscreen product line management at Harmonic Inc. “The ProMedia family is the most comprehensive multiscreen video processing solution available and leverages Harmonic’s expertise in both live and file-based video services, including more than 200 multiscreen deployments. It can easily be added to an existing broadcast video infrastructure to deliver high-quality video services to any IP-connected device, including tablets, smartphones, PCs, and TVs.”