HPE and NOVELSAT partnership
November 2, 2020
NOVELSAT, a global player in content connectivity over satellite, announced today that through an OEMpartnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), a global edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company, it has selected the HPE ProLiant servers to power its high performance video gateways.
Media and broadcastservice providers face increased demand for higher qualitycontent over multiple distribution channels, as well as bandwidth and spectrum challenges amid spectrum repurposing for 5G. NOVELSAT unique video solutions allows customers to expand, modernize and transform their video connectivity and delivery network, gaining higher transmission and video coding efficienciesas well as enjoying advanced capabilities, new services and flexible deployment options.
NOVELSAT will utilize HPE ProLiant servers to power NOVELSAT FUSION, an advancedend-to-end live linear platform for broadcast and broadband content connectivity and delivery. Expanding flexibility and scalability, NOVELSAT FUSION delivers optimal video efficiency, processing, delivery and security solutions by technology innovation across the media network.
“World’s leading service and content providers are recognizing the unique value of our state-of-the-art technology, selecting our FUSION solution for their content connectivity and deliverynetworks,” said Aviv Ronai, VP Marketing and Product at NOVELSAT. “With the intense growth of our video business, we faced the need for a common server platform to support our various configurations and deployments. HPE ProLiant servers, which are tailored to our requirements, provide usthe flexibility and scalability we need, helping us create consistency and standardization across our solutions and streamline ouroperations.”
“Consumption of video content has grown more than ever before. It is pressing broadcast channelstotransform their platforms toquickly adapt and scale to deliver rich experiences,”said Phillip Cutrone,vice president and general manager, Worldwide Service Provider and OEM at HPE. “HPE has been playing a critical role in this transformation and looks forward to collaborating with NOVELSAT through an OEM partnership to deliver next-generation video solutions. By extending HPE ProLiant servers, which offer world-leading security, high-performance, resiliency and versatility, NOVELSAT can power its platform to build and scales olutions for greater value. Supporting the rapidly growing adoption of NOVELSAT FUSION by leading broadcasters, HPE will deliver hundreds of customized HPE ProLiant servers, paving the way to a further business growtth.”