Santa Barbara Utilities Selects End-to-End Video Delivery Solution From
Harmonic
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2009--
TelcoTV 2009 Booth #539 — Harmonic
Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that Santa Barbara Utilities
(SBU) has selected Harmonic’s industry-leading digital video solutions
for a new broadcast and on-demand IPTV service at the Santa Barbara
Plantation Resort Community in Curaçao, the most populous island in the
Netherlands Antilles. The end-to-end IPTV deployment includes Harmonic’s
Ion™ AVC HD encoders, ProStream™ 1000 stream processing platform,
StreamLiner® video servers, Armada® intelligent asset management and NMX
Digital Service Manager™.
“Harmonic offered an end-to-end solution that meets our requirements for
quality, ease of implementation, and cost,” said Bert Perez, Director of
Santa Barbara Utilities. “The Ion encoders provide superior quality at a
competitive price. The broadcast headend, fully integrated with the
on-demand servers and software, gives us a trouble-free solution for the
IPTV portion of the Santa Barbara Plantation Resort Community’s triple
play video, voice and high-speed data service.”
Standard definition video sources are received from satellite and
multiplexed using Harmonic’s versatile ProStream 1000 stream processor
for the IP encapsulation. The Ion AVC encoders are used to compress and
deliver the HD channels for the broadcast service. On-demand assets are
stored and delivered using Harmonic’s StreamLiner video servers and
Armada asset management system, which dynamically distributes content
across the network based on popularity. The entire video service is
monitored and controlled via NMX.
“At Harmonic, we are focused on offering best-in-class video delivery
solutions to operators of all sizes around the world. The all-IP
solution deployed in Curaçao enables SBU to provide residents with a
high quality video service without introducing significant complexity in
the network architecture, and at a reasonable cost,” said Matt Aden,
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service for Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic will feature its comprehensive range of IPTV solutions at the
TelcoTV 2009 exhibition taking place in Orlando, Florida from November
10-12.
About Santa Barbara Utilities
Santa Barbara Utilities owns and operates a state of the art
telecommunication network at Santa Barbara Plantation in Curaçao.
Located on 1,500 acres and serving a world class community of homes as
well as the Hyatt Regency Curaçao it provides next generation voice,
video and data over its FTTH infrastructure. With a state of the art
network monitoring center and best in class network resources it
provides the residences and the Hotel guests with unparalleled service
delivery.
About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is redefining video delivery with the industry’s most
powerful solutions for delivering live and on-demand video to TVs, PCs
and mobile devices. Harmonic’s 20 years of technical innovation and
market leadership enable the company to offer a unique and comprehensive
solution portfolio—including encoding, transcoding, content preparation,
stream processing, asset management, edge processing, and delivery.
Broadcast, cable, Internet, mobile, satellite and telecom service
providers around the world choose Harmonic’s IP-based digital video,
software, and broadband edge and access solutions. Using these
award-winning and industry-leading solutions, operators can reduce costs
and differentiate their services by offering consumers a higher quality,
personalized multi-screen experience.
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:
enabling SBU to provide residents with a high quality video service, and
featuring Harmonic’s comprehensive range of IPTV solutions at the
TelcoTV 2009 exhibition.
Our expectations and beliefs regarding the capabilities of Harmonic’s
digital video solutions and the anticipated benefits for SBU 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.
Harmonic
Sarah Lum, +1-408-543-2392 (Media Relations)
sarah.lum@harmonicinc.com
or
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