Harmonic will highlight advancements to the company’s live sports streaming solution that enhance fan engagement, protect sports content against piracy and maximise monetisation for service providers and sports broadcasters. Comprised of VOS360 Media SaaS and VOS360 Ad SaaS, Harmonic’s cloud-native streaming solution transforms sports viewing experiences through advanced features such as geo-synced low latency, interactive multiview, real-time AI-driven highlight creation, robust anti-piracy safeguards and in-stream advertising.
The company will also unveil an advanced central management system for its hybrid streaming solution to simplify sports streaming operations and lower costs.
Harmonic’s live sports streaming solution enables service providers and sports broadcasters to deliver low-latency streams while maintaining a geo-redundant architecture with seamless failover. By overcoming key technical barriers, the solution enables synchronised delivery of low-latency streams from two redundant VOS360 platforms. This is a significant advancement for the video industry, enabling sub-five-second latency without compromising reliability.
The company is partnering with technology providers Skreens and VisualOn to offer engaging multiview experiences on its live sports streaming solution. Leveraging advanced multiview capabilities, fans can watch and interact with multiple live games on the same screen.
Its live sports streaming solution also elevate fan engagement by enabling automatic scene detection and analysis as well as AI-driven sports clipping for real-time highlight creation.
Harmonic is combating sports piracy by integrating anti-piracy features, including forensic watermarking and geo-blocking, on its live sports streaming solution. The solution features CDN-level authentication and access control services, as well as dynamic watermarking services provided by key technology vendors, allowing content providers to quickly identify piracy sources and stop content restreaming.
The company’s new advanced central management system for its hybrid streaming solution simplifies workflow operations across cloud and on-premises environments. Hybrid streaming is rapidly becoming the standard as it lowers TCO and can temporarily leverage the public cloud to handle peak demand for specific events, such as high-profile live sports.
