Harmonic is bringing new playout functionalities from its Spectrum™ media server to its award-winning VOS™ Cloud media processing platform and VOS 360 SaaS solution. New functionality in both VOS offerings includes support for graphics, branding, and digital video effects for both file-based and live workflows. Leading innovation in the cloud media processing market, Harmonic is helping drive the transition to software-based and cloud workflows, allowing video content and service providers to launch broadcast and OTT offerings faster, increase their operational efficiencies and reduce OPEX and CAPEX.
With playout functionality in the cloud, operators can perform channel origination and playout, and drive further workflow simplification. Harmonic’s VOS Cloud solution handles a wide range of channel origination tasks, from accessing external storage to retrieving files and normalising them as needed, adding secondary events like graphics and triggers, and ensuring that the content is delivered in appropriate format. In addition, operators can support orchestrated VOD and live-to-VOD playout as well as streamlined acquisition of file-based assets.
These playout capabilities are also available for the VOS 360 SaaS which is hosted in the public cloud and maintained and monitored by Harmonic. As part of the unique VOS 360 service, Harmonic provides around-the-clock support coverage with a professional, dedicated 24/7 monitoring and maintenance service focused on keeping services operational with rapid response time, resulting in better QoE for end customers.
Come see Harmonic’s latest innovations for cloud media processing and delivery workflows at Mediatech 2017 on the Inala Broadcast stand (C23).
