Vista Worldlink has selected Harmonic's (NASDAQ:HLIT) software-based compression platform for live over-the-top (OTT) streaming of USL professional Division 2 (status recognized by the U.S. Soccer Federation) soccer games. Vista Worldlink is using the Electra solution for encoding and packaging to deliver HD video to a variety of streaming video platforms, including YouTube.

"For a streaming offering to be truly successful today, especially for live sports, it has to be delivered with exceptional video quality on every screen," said Roy Liemer, co-founder and CEO of Vista Worldlink. "We chose Harmonic's solution because of the pristine video quality it provides, as well as its flexibility. When we are ready to add more services in the future, we know using a fully software-based platform will make expansion easy."

Harmonic will demonstrate its latest OTT technologies at IBC2017, Sept. 15-19 in Amsterdam.