Harmonic Video Infrastructure Powers Airtel Digital TV's Enhanced DTH HD Offerings

[jayanji]

Harmonic’s ProView[emoji769] 7100 is the industry’s first single-rack-unit, scalable, multiformat integrated receiver-decoder (IRD), transcoder and MPEG stream processor. Leveraging Harmonic expertise in Intelligent Function Integration[emoji769], the ProView 7100 adds broadcast-quality SD/HD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC 4:2:0/4:2:2 10-bit decoding and video transcoding to the feature-rich ProView IRD platform, allowing content providers, broadcasters, cable MSOs and telcos to easily and cost-effectively streamline their workflows and decrease operating costs. For applications in which preserving pristine video quality is paramount, the ProView 7100 supports HEVC 4:2:2* 10-bit decoding of resolutions up to 1080p60.

The ProView 7100 IRD harnesses a flexible and modular design to address the vast spectrum of content reception applications, from decoding, descrambling and multiplexing of multiple transport streams to MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 transcoding. With an advanced and dense multichannel descrambler, the ProView 7100 simplifies the deployment of (or migration to) an all-IP headend solution and powers the launch of added-value services. The flexible hardware design is easily reconfigured with firmware upgrades, enabling seamless adaptation to new inbound video formats and codecs, such as MPEG-4 AVC and HEVC.

Highlights
Fully integrated platform combines all headend reception functionality with any-to-any remultiplexing
MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC SD/HD 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 10-bit decoding
HEVC decoding of 1080p60 media
Four TS descramblers with four integrated DVB-CI slots
Four stereo pairs of audio decoding
High-quality H.264-to-MPEG-2 transcoding with down-conversion option
T2-MI deframing to MPEG TS
Four independent ASI outputs
Four IP outputs with 1+1 redundancy support
HD-SDI, SD-SDI, HDMI and analog video outputs
- See more at: http://www.harmonicinc.com/product/proview-7100#sthash.5NF0B9u1.dpuf

 

[jayanji]

The latest evolution of Harmonic’s market-leading ProStream platform, the 1-RU ProStream[emoji768] 9100 with ACE[emoji768] delivers superior video quality and the flexibility to support multiple complex digital processing applications, such as digital turnaround, any-to-any audio and video transcoding, linear ad insertion and live adaptive streaming. It addresses current broadcast and multiscreen I/O formats—and scales easily to accommodate future formats.

ProStream 9100 with ACE features an ultrahigh-density architecture that dramatically reduces the amount of rack space required to meet growing processing and transcoding requirements. System flexibility and workflow versatility are achieved with modular audio/video processing modules and high-capacity IP processing cards. Low power consumption, high reliability and simplified serviceability result in a best-in-class, multiformat platform that offers superior video quality and OPEX.

Highlights
Up to four audio/video processing modules per chassis, configurable for broadcast or multiscreen
High-density transcoding of 60 SD or 20 HD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC broadcast channels
20 SD/HD inputs with up to 80 OTT multiscreen output profiles
IP, ASI and 8VSB I/O
Multiplexing and scrambling of up to 500 services
Linear ad insertion into SD/HD video streams
Up to 16 integrated statmux pools
Support for Picture-in-Picture and Microsoft Mediaroom applications
Dual power supplies
- See more at: http://www.harmonicinc.com/product/prostream9100-ace#sthash.cv0rkzCA.dpuf

 

[kumarvishwas]

Good thing about this article is that Finally we know Airtel is doing something
Now if they get SES 9 TP's soon Airtel can be on a Rampage mode in coming months with lots and lots of Space to add channels with new TP's and New compression techniques

 

[pallab999]

will we need to change set top boxes for new compression technology?

 

[anantisback]

In simple words ADTV will use all ses 7 TPS to best effect and add more channels before they get ses 9 after 4 to 6 months. So expect mire HD channels soon

 

[mpvelu]

Technically seems good. But already the SD channels' quality in ADTV is very worst and very much lower than digital cable and other rivals. If further adventuring in compression, ADTV will be out of business.

 

[anantisback]

Technically seems good. But already the SD channels' quality in ADTV is very worst and very much lower than digital cable and other rivals. If further adventuring in compression, ADTV will be out of business.

Disagreed totally

 

[pallab999]

Change STB for Harmonic Video Technology

Will we need to change our existing Set top boxes for new Harmonic Video Technology in airtel?

 

[Sourabhs20]

Good share bro...... feeling happy to know that airtel is working on new hd channels additions and also for new technology.....

 

[Optimus_Prime]

Technically seems good. But already the SD channels' quality in ADTV is very worst and very much lower than digital cable and other rivals. If further adventuring in compression, ADTV will be out of business.

I don't think Airtel will compress their SD channels.
think once, if they compress SD channels like &TV what will happend then? there is so much pixelated picture quality on &Tv. yakkk