2013-03-05 14:03:11 -
Available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, ProMedia(TM) Carbon MP
Makes Cost-Effective, Broadcast-Quality Video Transcoding Accessible to a Broad
Range of Professionals
SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 5, 2013 - Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader
in video delivery infrastructure, today launched a cloud-based transcoding
service for professional applications available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Marketplace. ProMedia(TM) Carbon MP, powered by the acclaimed Harmonic Rhozet(®)
technology used in the ProMedia Carbon transcoding engine, enables content
creators, service providers, and media professionals to quickly and cost-
effectively convert broadcast-quality video content to virtually any standard
media format, making it an ideal transcoding solution for a wide range of
applications.
ProMedia Carbon MP allows users to transcode file-based video content in the
cloud on an hourly basis. Users can also access the application's powerful
transcoding engine via a familiar XML API to deploy highly scalable, cloud-based
transcoding workflows. In either scenario, the platform's rich user interface
and flexible API allows users to perform a host of critical video operations,
such as SD/HD and PAL/NTSC conversions, logo insertion, color correction, and
multiformat closed-captioning processing.
"Harmonic recognizes that service providers and media professionals are looking
to the cloud for all types of applications. Today's announcement marks a new
level of capability in this exciting medium," said Yoav Derazon, director of
product management for cloud services and transcoding, Harmonic. "ProMedia
Carbon MP significantly changes the landscape of high-quality video-format
conversion by making it both cost-effective and easily accessible. Whether our
customers utilize ProMedia Carbon MP to meet ad-hoc transcoding needs or as a
platform for hosting a cloud-based transcoding farm, they'll be able to greatly
improve their transcoding workflow and minimize costs through a pay-as-you-go
business model."
In addition to saving users the expense of purchasing site transcoding licenses,
ProMedia Carbon MP supports the industry's broadest array of acquisition,
nonlinear editing, broadcast, web, and mobile formats including MXF, XDCAM(®)
HD, QuickTime(®), CableLabs(®), and MP4. The intuitive user interface ensures
complete control over every aspect of the transcoding process and simplifies the
ability to convert files into any number of target formats, each with a unique
set of operations and filters applied.
Customers that will benefit from the ProMedia Carbon MP service include media
professionals with low-volume transcoding needs, content owners and service
providers who require assistance managing occasional spikes in load on their
transcoding workflows, andservice providers looking to deploy flexible, cloud-
based transcoding farms.
ProMedia Carbon MP is the newest addition to the Harmonic's award-winning
ProMedia family of software and appliance solutions engineered to optimize video
production workflows for live and high-volume video-on-demand multiscreen
applications. Further information about Harmonic and the company's products is
available at www.harmonicinc.com.
ProMedia Carbon MP on AWS Marketplace is available at
aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00BEP74L8.
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About Harmonic
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) is the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure
for emerging television and video services. The company's production-ready
innovation enables content and service providers to efficiently create, prepare,
and deliver differentiated services for television and new media video
platforms. More information is available at www.harmonicinc.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the anticipated
capabilities and benefits of Harmonic's ProMedia(TM) Carbon product. Our
expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize and are
subject to risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that the product
may not meet some or all of its anticipated capabilities or provide some or all
of its anticipated benefits, such as cost-effectiveness, easy accessibility, and
improved transcoding workflow.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject
to other risks and uncertainties, such as those more fully described in
Harmonic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec.31, 2011, its Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The forward-looking
statements in this press release are based on information available to Harmonic
as of the date hereof, and Harmonic disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements.
EDITOR'S NOTE - Product and company names used herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACTS:
Paulien Ruijssenaars Michael Bishop
Senior Director of Corporate Marketing for Investor Relations Contact for
Harmonic Harmonic
+1.408.490.7021 +1.408.542.2760
paulien.ruijssenaars@harmonicinc.com investor@harmonicinc.com
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