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8K Association membership grows

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has seen strong growth in its membership in the last year. Membership is coming from all parts of the 8K ecosystem including Google, who has joined to “track and help define how the evolution of 8K content will be […]

May 26, 2021

Harmonic boosts Otelco broadband speeds

Harmonic has announced that US cable operator Otelco is delivering gigabit speeds and superior broadband experience to rural subscribers with Harmonic’s industry-leading CableOS Cloud-Native Core Platform and CableOS Central analytics service. Benefiting from Harmonic’s pioneering virtualized cable access and distributed access architecture (DAA) solutions, and upgrading to DOCSIS 3.1, Otelco is delivering tenfold-faster broadband speeds […]

April 29, 2021

Mowies expands VoD with Harmonic

Harmonic has announced that Mowies, a LatAm-based on-demand media platform, with a unique revenue model for creators of feature films, documentaries, TV series, theatrical performances, concerts and other original content, is optimising its workflow with Harmonic’s VOS 360 cloud streaming offering. Based on a pay-as-you-grow business model, Harmonic’s VOS360 SaaS is helping Mowies expand its […]

April 14, 2021

Maldives: Medianet optimises streaming with Harmonic

Harmonic has announced that Medianet, the independent pay-TV and cable television provider in the Maldives, is using Harmonic’s EyeQ content-aware encoding (CAE) to optimise video streaming and television service delivery. Powered by the latest developments in AI, EyeQ CAE significantly reduces Medianet’s CDN costs while enabling the operator to deliver high-quality video experiences to subscribers […]

November 19, 2020

Harmonic Q3 down 18%

Harmonic has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter of 2020.  The solutions provider for video streaming and broadband services reported revenue of $94.9 million (€80.2m), down 18 per cent year on year, despite strong momentum. “Harmonic’s third quarter results were driven by strong performance in both our Cable Access and Video segments,” said […]

October 27, 2020

Harmonic launches gigabit upstream solution

Harmonic has announced new technology that enables cable operators to provide new two-way gigabit services. Harmonic’s unique upstream gigabit solution is full spectrum and compatible with already-deployed cable modems and set-top boxes (STBs). This new technology has been integrated into Harmonic’s CableOS core software and its new Ripple+ network edge platform. The company also announced […]

October 12, 2020

Harmonic sees significant C-band opportunity

Video delivery specialist Harmonic has identified what it describes as a “several hundred million dollar opportunity” to re-engineer the video delivery systems relating to the FCC-mandated reclamation of C-band satellite spectrum for 5G, suggesting it fits squarely into the “sweet spot” of Harmonic’s expertise and market relationships. Speaking on the company’s Q2 2020 Results Earnings […]

August 4, 2020By Colin Mann

Harmonic powers Vodafone Gigabit network

Video delivery solutions specialist Harmonic has confirmed that multiplay telco Vodafone is actively rolling out its Gigabit Internet service across Germany using Harmonic’s CableOS virtualised access solution. “During the last months, Vodafone largely increased the number of Gigabit households in Germany due to the nationwide rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 technology,” advised Guido Weißbrich, director of […]

July 29, 2020

SES, Harmonic partner for C-band transition

Video delivery specialist Harmonic is to partner with satellite operator SES for technology upgrades associated with the SES transition plan filed with the Federal Communications Commission on June 19th, 2020. The pair will work together to fast-track this deployment, freeing up spectrum for 5G while simultaneously enabling SES’s C-band customers to maintain the quality and […]

July 28, 2020

Zixi, Harmonic bolster partnership

Zixi, a provider of live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, has announced the integration of Zixi into Harmonic’s cloud based VOS360 Live Streaming Platform, the company’s fully managed offering  for delivering and monetising live streaming services. With this joint solution, workflows can be efficiently created at all stages of the media processing and delivery chain, giving […]

July 10, 2020