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HarmonicInc.jpgHarmonic Inc. and Scopus Video Networks Limited, a global provider of digital video networking solutions, announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Harmonic will acquire Scopus. The acquisition will extend Harmonic's worldwide customer base and strengthen its market and technology leadership, particularly in international video broadcast, contribution and distribution markets.
HarmonicInc.jpgHarmonic Inc. announced that ASTRA Platform Services GmbH (APS), a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based satellite service operator SES ASTRA, has selected Harmonic's advanced video processing solutions to support APS' digital free-to-air television service for Kabeldienstleistungs GmbH (KDL), a service provider to independent and private cable operators in Germany. Independent cable operators today serve several million German subscribers, and with APS infrastructure upgrade, KDL now can provide up to 22 additional digital free-to-air channels being delivered from APS and SES ASTRA to the cable subscribers via the cable headends. Harmonic's IP-based MPEG-2 standard definition (SD) DiviCom Electra 5000 encoders, selected by APS for this project, achieve the best possible video quality at ultra low bit-rates.

"Harmonic continues to support APS' technology and business objectives, most recently to establish KDL's new free-to-air TOPP (transponder optimized program packages) service provided to independent and private cable operators by KDL," said Jorg Eich, VP DVB/CA, APS. "Harmonic's highly advanced digital video solutions enable us to offer an optimized service and provide outstanding flexibility, a critical requirement to launch new value-added services as quickly as possible."

rhozetlogo.gifHarmonic Inc. announced that its Rhozet universal transcoding technology has been selected by Ascent Media Group (AMG) for its Viia media services platform. AMG's Viia services platform with Rhozet transcoding technology enables media companies to digitize content once, then store, manage, re-purpose and distribute it globally in multiple formats and languages to numerous providers simultaneously.

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