Harmonic to Highlight 4K, HEVC

At the 2014 NAB Show, Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) will demonstrate an end-to-end HEVC solution for delivering live 2160p60 10-bit Ultra HD content. In collaboration with Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM), Sigma Designs, Vigor Systems, and ViXS (TSX:VXS), the Harmonic broadcast workflow is designed to support the delivery of live, linear playout, and VOD UltraHD content to consumer-grade TVs and set-top boxes.

In other Harmonic news, the company has announced that its multiscreen transcoding and delivery ecosystem now supports workflows compatible with Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) Primetime's ad insertion capabilities. The Harmonic Multiscreen Ad Insertion solution includes Harmonic's ProMedia Live real-time multiscreen transcoder, ProStream with ACE real-time transcoder, ProMedia Origin multiscreen packager and streaming video server, MediaGrid shared storage, as well as the WFS file-based workflow engine.