Harmonic Extends Playout Control Capabilities of VOS(TM) Virtualized Media Processing Platform

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - April 11, 2015) - Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced the Harmonic Virtual Media API (VMA), an open application control interface for broadcast automation control of its VOS™ virtualized media processing platform. The VMA, supported by the Electra XVM virtualized media processor and the Electra X family of advanced media processors, has been adopted by service providers and broadcast automation vendors, including Pebble Beach Systems, Dayang Technology Development Inc. and VJU. This VOS platform ecosystem creates a fully integrated, cloud-based playout, graphics and encoding solution that can be used by video content and service providers to create and deliver live linear channels to any device faster, with a lower TCO and amazing video quality.

"The integrated functionalities offered by Electra XVM and Electra X media processors have already been deployed globally by numerous Harmonic customers," said Bart Spriester, senior vice president, video products, Harmonic. "With the announcement of our open VMA for intelligent control, Harmonic increases operational efficiencies and cost savings for video content and service providers, while enabling them to realize the full capabilities of virtualization, unlocking new workflows such as OTT delivery and IP-based playout solutions for linear integrated channel/channel-in-a-box, cloud and edge applications."

Harmonic's Polaris™ Advance channel playout automation system, originally integrated with its market-leading Spectrum™ media server family, will support Electra XVM and Electra X media processors. With the open VMA, video content and service providers can now choose between deploying a fully integrated and virtualizable solution for playout, graphics and encoding from Harmonic with Polaris Advance software or can select third-party automation solutions to control those capabilities.

"The Marina platform from Pebble Beach Systems provides operators with a powerful centralized ingest, content management and multichannel automation solution, offering support from one to hundreds of channels," said Peter Hajittofi, managing director at Pebble Beach Systems. "By implementing support for Harmonic Electra XVM and Electra X media processors, we're enabling a new class of IP-based playout and encoding solutions that include centralized and edge playout."