Harmonic Enhances Polaris Playout Management Suite With Cost-Effective Integrated Master Control Functionality

Polaris Play Automation Software Offers Rich Application Toolbox for Scheduled and Live Playout in Channel-in-a-Box Environments

圣何塞，加州. --(2014.12.09)

Harmonic(纳斯达克股票代码:HLIT), 视频传输基础设施的全球领导者, today announced its new Polaris(TM) Play channel-in-a-box (CIAB) automation software for the company's Polaris playout management suite. Tightly integrated with Harmonic's market-leading 谱(TM) media server system, Polaris Play混合了一套丰富的自动摄取, 媒体的准备, and playout workflow capabilities that enable efficient and cost-effective management of up to four fully branded SD or HD channels, 每个都有匹配的联播频道, 在一个单一的机架单元.

"Designed specifically for broadcasters with modest playout requirements and budgets, Polaris Play gives users a breadth of control capabilities that enable straightforward management of the critical elements that support an on-air channel,汤姆·拉蒂说, 副总统, Harmonic的产品管理. "Users can leverage Polaris Play to drive a cost-effective CIAB model for their playout channels."

Polaris Play provides a suite of master control room (MCR) tools that enable ingest, 内容准备, 分割, 预览, 和频道播放列表控制. Scheduled operations can be driven by traffic or by manually created playlists. Coupled with the Spectrum MediaDeck(TM) integrated media server and its high-density I/O capabilities, 综合文件业务, 本机编解码器和文件包装支持, Polaris Play simplifies deployment and operation of the playout workflow.

The Polaris suite represents Harmonic's evolving offering in the emerging Media Orchestration category, 当工作流整合和简化时，哪个是重要的. 在这个套房内, 北极星游戏为广播公司提供了一个强大的, 但价格诱人, CIAB解决方案由业界最值得信赖的服务器平台提供支持, 使用户能够减少资本和运营费用.

Polaris Play can be combined with the recently announced Harmonic Polaris Live manual device control application, enabling the Spectrum ChannelPort(TM) integrated channel playout system to fulfill both production and master control requirements for many live-to-air workflows. The resulting hybrid environment offers powerful and highly efficient integrated master control room (iMCR) capabilities, allowing users to switch between scheduled playout and manual playout of live events based on the schedule or on an ad hoc basis.

"The iMCR model can be a game-changer in that it enables users to drive graphics-intensive live-to-air workflows,拉蒂说. ”在一起, Polaris Play and Polaris Live offer the benefits of CIAB solutions -- reduced equipment costs and workflow complexity -- while providing the power and 灵活性 critical within the most demanding production environments."

除了降低硬件成本, the iMCR model supports highly flexible and efficient workflows that users can customize with Polaris Live's simple touch-screen interface.

Polaris Play将于2015年第一季度上市. Further 信息 about Harmonic and the company's products is available at www.harmonicinc.com.

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Harmonic(纳斯达克股票代码:HLIT) is 视频传输基础设施的全球领导者 for emerging television and video services. The company's production-ready innovation enables content and service providers to efficiently create, 准备, and deliver differentiated services for television and new media video platforms. 更多信息请访问www.harmonicinc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the anticipated capabilities and benefits of Harmonic's Polaris(TM) Play software, 谱(TM), 光谱ChannlePort (TM), 和Spectrum MediaDeck(TM)产品. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these products may not materialize and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that the products may not meet some or all of their anticipated capabilities or provide some or all of their anticipated benefits, 比如成本效益, 为用户提供广泛的控制功能, 简化部署和操作, 灵活性, 和效率.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, such as those more fully described in Harmonic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 包括截至12月11日的10-K表格年度报告.31, 2012, its Quarterly 报告 on Form 10-Q and its Current 报告 on Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on 信息 available to Harmonic as of the date hereof, and Harmonic disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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