Time-Shifted TV, Interactive Program Guides and High Quality VOD Content Preparation Powered by Harmonic's Advanced Software-Based Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 23, 2009--
Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that Chunghwa Telecom
(TAIEX:2412) (NYSE:CHT), Taiwan’s largest telecommunications provider,
has deployed a broad range of Harmonic’s content management solutions in
support of its Multimedia-on-Demand (MOD) IPTV service expansion. The
upgrade has enabled Chunghwa Telecom to offer its IPTV customers a
number of advanced interactive services, including multi-channel digital
mosaics and time-shifted access to major events and programming, such as
the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The enhanced IPTV offering has been
very well received; Chunghwa Telecom serves over 4.3 million broadband
subscribers throughout Taiwan.
Content preparation technologies deployed by Chunghwa Telecom include
Harmonic’s CLEARcut™ solution for offline storage encoding and LIVEcut™
scheduler, StreamLiner® video servers, and StreamLiner Cluster
Controller for live content ingest and recording. Harmonic’s ProStream™
8000 digital video mosaic solution generates the multi-channel mosaics.
“Harmonic’s full portfolio of on-demand solutions exceeded our high
expectations for quality and performance and provided an ideal platform
to support our enhanced IPTV service offering,” said Dr. Chin-Min
Cheng, Director, MOD, Chunghwa Telecom. “Several mission-critical
services were added as part of our IPTV service expansion. For instance,
2,000 hours of video footage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were
successfully captured and stored using Harmonic’s on-demand digital
video technologies to provide viewers with time-shifted access to video
content. In addition, deployment and integration of Harmonic’s products
into our existing network was seamless, enabling us to rapidly introduce
these advanced IPTV services.”
“Harmonic’s IPTV solutions are preferred by many of the world’s most
prominent telecommunications providers,” said Raymond Tse, Vice
President of Asia Pacific Sales, Harmonic Inc. “Chunghwa Telecom is a
technology frontrunner and industry leader. Their selection of such a
broad range of our solutions—spanning content preparation, scheduling
and live ingest, video mosaic generation, and network
management—underscores the superior value Harmonic brings to operators
deploying a state-of-the-art IPTV service. Harmonic continues to
innovate major technology breakthroughs in IP-based video delivery, and
the content management solutions deployed by Chunghwa Telecom and other
leading service providers represent the best the industry has to offer.”
Harmonic’s on-demand solutions address consumer demand for anytime,
anywhere viewing of video programming, free of pre-scheduled time
restrictions. CLEARcut provides a complete system for creating
high-quality, low bit-rate HD and SD digital content for use in
video-on-demand (VOD), digital ad insertion and other applications.
LIVEcut features an intuitive graphical user interface for scheduling
live broadcast capture based on operators’ electronic program guides.
Harmonic’s ProStream 8000 solution takes program navigation, service
previewing, and recording to a new level, allowing multiple programs to
be simultaneously displayed. NMX Digital Service Manager™ provides
Chunghwa Telecom with service monitoring and control.
About Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is the leading telecom service provider in Taiwan
with 4.3 million broadband subscribers at the end of 2008. In addition,
based on its NGN IP network, CHT now provides an IPTV service, named
Multimedia-on-Demand (MOD), to approximately 700,000 subscribers. MOD
customers can enjoy interactive and personalized services such as Live
TV, EPG, VoD, KoD, TV-banking, Gaming, and Voting. For the Live TV
service, CHT offers more than 80 linear TV channels including 3 HDTV
channels. Moreover, the VoD service contains more than 4,000 hours of
programs including Hollywood movies, TV series, Cartoons, and more.
About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is a leading provider of versatile and high performance
video solutions that enable service providers to efficiently deliver the
next generation of broadcast and on-demand services including high
definition, video-on-demand, network personal video recording and
time-shifted TV. Cable, satellite, broadcast and telecom service
providers can increase revenues and lower operational expenditures by
using Harmonic’s digital video, broadband optical access and software
solutions to offer consumers the compelling and personalized viewing
experience that is driving the business models of the future.
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with
R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The Company’s
customers, including many of the world’s largest communications
providers, deliver services in virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com
for more information.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21(E)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to:
continuing to innovate major technology breakthroughs in IP-based video
delivery.
Our expectations and beliefs regarding the capabilities of Harmonic’s
content management solutions and the anticipated benefits for Chunghwa
Telecom may not materialize, and actual results could differ materially
from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained in this
press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties,
including those more fully described in Harmonic’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent Reports filed on
Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Harmonic does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements.
EDITOR’S NOTE – Product and company names used herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Source: Harmonic Inc.
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