The German production company 44p has decided to take advantage of the cloud-native software of Harmonic’s XOS media processor to offer UHD broadcasts, thus adapting to the latest market demands.
The German integrator Neterium was in charge of guiding the German production company in the process of updating its broadcast system to make it compatible with UHD streams. As Frank Herrmann points out, his CEO“44p was looking for a media processing solution that would ensure the future and optimize your workflow. Leveraging our partnership with Harmonic, we crafted a customized solution that precisely fit their needs.”
After exploring the market, 44p chose the XOS advanced multimedia processor based on Harmonic software, which adapted to all the requirements of SRT broadcast, encoding and distribution The XOS Media Processor also provides 44p with a comprehensive set of advanced features and advanced audio processing capabilities. The XOS Media Processor enhances broadcast through AI-based video compression and quality optimization for HD and UHD channels, audio loudness management, simplified reference tone processing, and flexible support for IP transport architectures. functions of playout-to-deliverywhich includes advanced branding with HTML-5 graphics and effects.
Midpo FayadCTO of 44p, highly appreciates how Harmonic’s XOS fits into their workflow: “We provide world-class media production services, from live sports to entertainment, and needed a reliable and efficient media processing solution. “As a unified, fully redundant end-to-end software solution, Harmonic’s XOS media processor manages all aspects of our media processing chain.”
On the other hand, Stephane Cloirecvice president of video devices and software product management at Harmonic, assesses the agreement reached with 44p as follows: “The adoption of our advanced XOS multimedia processor opens new levels of efficiency and improves video quality for 44p. By combining advanced playout, next-generation AI video compression and one-to-many distribution into a single media processing solution, 44p can deliver unmatched UHD quality with unparalleled cost efficiency.”
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