Harmonic will present its market-leading broadcast and on-demand video delivery solutions for telco, cable and Internet service providers. With Harmonic’s comprehensive IPTV portfolio — encompassing compression, stream processing, content preparation, on-demand software and advertisement/video servers — operators can generate incremental revenue and provide a more personalized video experience. Harmonic executives will also share their industry expertise as featured speakers during the telco IPTV and IP cable sessions of the conference, and the Company is a finalist for four IPTV World Series awards. Taking place in London from March 12-14, the IPTV World Forum conference and exhibition is Europe’s premier event focused on IP-based video delivery.

Key demonstrations at Harmonic’s stand #141 include:

• High definition MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video using Harmonic’s industry-leading DiviCom Electra 7000 encoder for various applications including SD to HD up-conversion and dual bit-rate compression for constrained networks
• A hybrid headend with standard definition H.264 video encoded by the Electra 5400 and the new Ion AVC systems, ideal for long-tail content delivery
• A video-on-demand demonstration featuring the MediaPrism suite of content preparation tools, time-shifted “catch up TV” and targeted ad insertion applications
• H.264 multi-channel mosaic compilations delivered using the ProStream 8000 solution
• Harmonic’s integrated advertisement insertion solution, including the ProStream 2000 splicer, StreamLiner 2000 ad server and MediaPrism for ad ingest and overlay

Harmonic’s Rhozet business unit will feature Carbon Coder, the industry-leading universal transcoder, at stand #211. Carbon Coder facilitates the transfer of media between acquisition, editing, playout, archive, Internet and mobile. Supporting all major formats (currently more than 40), Carbon Coder can run as a stand-alone application or as part of a multi-node, fully-automated rendering farm controlled by Carbon Server to deliver high-performance, scalable and cost-effective transcoding for enterprise-scale installations.

In addition to the Company’s demonstrations, recognized industry experts from Harmonic will participate at the IPTV World Forum and IP Cable conferences on March 13:

• At 11:30A.M. GMT, Thierry Fautier, Director of Telco Solutions, will share his knowledge during a presentation titled “Enhancing Revenues and Differentiating Video Services with Targeted Advertising.”
• Gil Katz, Director of Cable Solutions, will be speaking at the IP Cable conference on the topic “Technology Foundations for Cable IPTV Part 2: The Universal Edge-QAM” at 12:00P.M.
• At 5:40P.M., Frank Summerfield, Director of Sales, will participate in a panel discussion regarding “How Should Cable Operators Harness the Best of Web 2.0.”
• David Price, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing Communications, will be participating in the ipTV News Studio/IPTV World Forum video debate “Video Quality or Bust!”. This session will be recorded and made available on www.iptv-news.com.

Harmonic has also been recognized for its technology excellence with its selection as a finalist for the following IPTV World Series Awards:

• Best IPTV headend and video processing technology (DiviCom Electra 7000 encoder with 1080p support)
• Best cable IPTV technology (Direct-to-Edge solution)
• Best interactive TV/advanced advertising technology (ad insertion solution)
• Best Internet TV technology (Rhozet Carbon Coder 3.0)

Award winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 12.