SES AMERICOM Certifies Harmonic’s IP-Based Compression Solutions for Encoding of IP-PRIME Local Channels

SES AMERICOM has certified the use of the DiviCom® Electra® 7000 high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders and the Ion™ AVC standard definition (SD) encoders for compression of local channels in the IP-PRIME® IPTV distribution platform. The multi-channel encoding systems from Harmonic offer a cost-effective solution for telcos across the United States utilizing the IP-PRIME service to seamlessly add high quality, low bit-rate local broadcast SD and HD TV channels for distribution to subscribers.

IP-PRIME is a fully-featured broadcast and on-demand television service designed for telco and broadband service providers of every size. Architected by SES AMERICOM, IP-PRIME incorporates best-in-class IPTV technologies from a variety of leading technical partners in a complete, easy-to-deploy, cost-effective and managed solution. The IP-PRIME Broadcast Center in Vernon Valley, New Jersey transports 299 video channels, including 36 high definition channels, to the headend or central office that ultimately sends them to subscribers’ homes.

“A successful and competitive DSL-based television service incorporates a wide variety of content, both national and local,” said Robert Phelan, Senior Vice President of Product Development for SES AMERICOM. “Harmonic’s outstanding family of DiviCom encoders offers IP-PRIME customers the highest quality compression for HD services as well as a cost-effective, bandwidth-efficient platform for delivery of a large number of local video channels.”

“Harmonic is a market leader in broadcast and on-demand video delivery for IPTV services, serving more than four million telco subscribers around the world,” said Nimrod Ben-Natan, Vice President of Product Marketing, Solutions and Strategy for Harmonic Inc. “Partnering with SES AMERICOM to deliver the high quality and affordable IP-PRIME service enables us to bring our expertise in provisioning innovative and comprehensive IP-based video solutions to a broader range of telecom and broadband service providers across the United States.”