SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2009--
Harmonic
Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that its Rhozet™
Carbon Coder™ universal transcoding solution has been selected by
Germany-based S4M - Solutions for Media GmbH, a joint subsidiary of
arvato systems and RTL Television, for its video production management
system, VPMS. With the integration of Rhozet Carbon Coder, S4M is now
offering its customers a flexible production system with video effects
support. This capability is particularly useful for newsgathering
organizations that need a quick way to add video effects, such as wipes
and fades, within the VPMS solution.
Deployed by private and public service broadcasters throughout Europe,
S4M’s VPMS supports the management of digital video assets from
acquisition through production to playout, distribution and archiving.
The integration of Rhozet Carbon Coder technology with S4M’s VPMS
streamlines the video production process for broadcasters where
time-to-air is critical, letting them add video effects during the
transcoding process to deliver compelling video content quickly.
“The collaboration with Rhozet was crucial for us to achieve our goal to
enhance VPMS with video effects capabilities,” said Holger Noske, S4M’s
VP Digital Media Management. “Rhozet’s engineering team has the
extensive and necessary video technology expertise, and a proven track
record that can help us bring this capability to the market.”
“We were happy to help S4M provide their customers, who need to deliver
video content under tight deadlines, the tools to do more than rough
cuts. Now even a quickly produced news segment looks much more
professional,” said David Trescot, Vice President of the Rhozet Business
Unit at Harmonic Inc.
Rhozet Carbon Coder is a universal transcoding solution that facilitates
the creation of multi-format video for Internet, mobile and broadcast
applications. As part of the transcode process, Carbon Coder handles an
array of critical operations including SD/HD and PAL/NTSC conversion,
logo insertion, graphics overlay, voice over, video and audio
transitions, color space conversion, color correction, Closed Captioning
extraction, Teletext and subtitling handling. Multiple Carbon Coder
nodes can be configured as a rendering farm to accelerate the workflow
and provide automated processing for high-volume transcoding.
About S4M – Solutions for Media GmbH
S4M - Solutions for Media GmbH, a joint subsidiary of arvato systems and
RTL Television, develops and distributes software solutions specialized
for the broadcast and new media industry. Today, S4M systems are used in
30 countries around the world. With offices in Germany, North America
and Asia S4M provides solutions for video content management, media
sales, program planning, rights management, ratings evaluation, and
production planning. Visit www.s4m.com
for more information.
About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is redefining video delivery with the industry’s most
powerful solutions for live and on-demand content preparation and
distribution of 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.
Rhozet, a business unit of Harmonic Inc., is dedicated to providing
accelerated high-quality media transcoding solutions. The Rhozet
solutions are offered in both off-the-shelf and customized software
configurations for the production and content delivery markets. For more
information about Rhozet technology please visit www.rhozet.com.
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:
the integration of Rhozet Carbon Coder with S4M’s video production
management system.
Our expectations and beliefs regarding the capabilities of the
Rhozet™ Carbon Coder™ universal transcoding solution and the anticipated
benefits for S4M 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
StreetConnect
for Harmonic
Michael Newman, +1-408-542-2760 (Investor Relations)
hlit@stct.com
or
for
Rhozet Business Unit
Sarah Kavanagh, +1-650-726-3482 (Media
Relations)
sarah@kavanaghpr.com
