Harmonic is a pure-play broadband industry leader, innovating for the next generation of connectivity with its cloud-native cOS™ platform featuring AI-powered network intelligence and end-to-end managed services. The company's virtualized solutions remove hardware limitations, enabling operators to deliver multi-gigabit connectivity with architectural simplicity and agility. Harmonic's singular focus on fiber and DOCSIS advancement, from 4.0 to 100G PON, provides a future-proof roadmap for broadband operators worldwide. Backed by a massive global deployment footprint and a legacy of innovation, Harmonic is a trusted partner for the next generation of broadband.
Harmonic has detailed its 'Five Layers of Defense' framework, a vendor-agnostic broadband intelligence fabric designed to optimize network operations across fiber, DOCSIS, Wi-Fi, and streaming. The system aims to shift operations from reactive to proactive, claiming to reduce truck rolls by up to 40% and technical support calls by 20% through automated fault isolation and performance tuning.
Harmonic is collaborating with NVIDIA and Akamai to enhance real-time video delivery, particularly for live sports and events. The partnership leverages NVIDIA's NVENC/NVDEC for AI-driven video quality improvements and Akamai's Inference Cloud with NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell GPUs for low-latency edge compute. This aims to reduce latency and improve video quality across multiple codecs using AI models at the edge.
Maximize speeds and enhance subscriber quality of experience (QoE).
Harmonic has launched an AI Orchestration Service designed to unify disparate AI applications in live video workflows, reducing operational complexity and increasing ROI for media companies. This new service runs in parallel to the main video pipeline, enhancing resiliency and security, and integrates with Harmonic's existing VOS360 and XOS platforms. It offers use cases such as real-time captioning/translation, highlight detection, contextual enhancement for ads, and intelligent ad break detection.
Harmonic Inc. announced a tier-1 broadcaster successfully migrated its video distribution from satellite to Harmonic's SRT-based IP solution, achieving a 68% reduction in bandwidth costs. The solution incorporates HEVC compression, software-based edge devices for customization, and remote management through DMS X and VOS360 Media SaaS. This modernization enables flexible content delivery to 150 affiliates and supports advanced features like local ad insertion and branding.
Harmonic successfully delivered flawless live streaming for major Q1 2026 sports events including the Super Bowl and March Madness, achieving 100% uptime targets. The company detailed its multi-cloud platform leveraging VOS®360 Media SaaS and MSL5 across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Akamai Cloud, combined with a global DevOps team and 'monitor by anticipation' methodology. This highlights advanced operational practices for high-stakes live sports, emphasizing reliability and scalability.
The video streaming industry is seeing a transformative shift in 2024 towards profitability, driven by hyper-personalization, AI integration across workflows, and the emergence of HVOD models. The article, authored by Harmonic, also highlights increased efforts to combat sports piracy using forensic watermarking and AI-driven monitoring. These trends impact content creation, distribution, and monetization strategies for streaming technology vendors and operators.
The article details how Harmonic's VOS Media Software, a comprehensive video platform for workflows from playout to origin, is optimized to run on Red Hat OpenShift, a leading Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform. This integration aims to create a cloud-native foundation for service providers, tackling challenges like data deluge, live event traffic spikes, and sustainability commitments in video delivery. The collaboration focuses on delivering scalable, secure, and efficient video operations for the telecommunications industry.
Harmonic has launched new in-stream advertising capabilities within its VOS360 Ad SaaS, enabling premium ad inventory for live sporting events. This technology integrates server-side, targeted ads with formats like double box and L-shape squeeze, boosting publisher revenues and advertiser reach. The ads are blended and rendered into standard streaming formats and delivered via CDN, with the in-stream Ad Creative Format transparent to the video player on the client side.
As the FCC plans to auction an additional 100 MHz of Upper C-band spectrum by July 2027, broadcasters and cable networks face critical decisions regarding video distribution. Harmonic is offering solutions like Ku-band with RIST, managed IP, and hybrid Sat/IP to help clients transition from C-band and ensure continued content delivery. The article outlines the challenges and various alternatives for distribution in a post-Upper C-band environment.
Harmonic has launched SeaStar and Oyster MDU solutions designed to deliver multi-gigabit broadband by reusing existing in-building coax and fiber infrastructure. These solutions aim to accelerate revenue and reduce capital expenses for operators targeting multi-dwelling units (MDUs). The cOS broadband platform orchestrates these solutions, enabling seamless integration and management.
