Chunghwa Telecom has deployed a broad range of Harmonic’s content management solutions in support of its Multimedia-on-Demand IPTV service expansion. The upgrade has enabled Chunghwa Telecom to offer its IPTV customers a number of advanced interactive services, including multi-channel digital mosaics and time-shifted access to major events and programming, such as the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The enhanced IPTV offering has been very well received; Chunghwa Telecom serves over 4.3 million broadband subscribers throughout Taiwan.

Content preparation technologies deployed by Chunghwa Telecom include Harmonic’s CLEARcut solution for offline storage encoding and LIVEcut scheduler, StreamLiner video servers, and StreamLiner Cluster Controller for live content ingest and recording. Harmonic’s ProStream 8000 digital video mosaic solution generates the multi-channel mosaics.

Harmonic’s on-demand solutions address consumer demand for anytime, anywhere viewing of video programming, free of pre-scheduled time restrictions. CLEARcut provides a complete system for creating high-quality, low bit-rate HD and SD digital content for use in VOD, digital ad insertion and other applications. LIVEcut features an intuitive graphical user interface for scheduling live broadcast capture based on operators’ electronic program guides. Harmonic’s ProStream 8000 solution takes program navigation, service previewing, and recording to a new level, allowing multiple programs to be simultaneously displayed. NMX Digital Service Manager provides Chunghwa Telecom with service monitoring and control.