The new Electra 9000 encoder from Harmonic Inc, which was launched today at IBC, will help service providers build the unified video headends they need to scale multi-screen TV offers cost-effectively, thanks to the combination of high-end broadcast encoder capabilities and web and mobile video processing. The new platform can be seen at IBC and first customer shipments are expected in Q1 2012.
Harmonic describes the Electra 9000 as the world’s first multi-codec, multi-format video encoder for broadcast, satellite, telco and cable operators that simultaneously supports broadcast, mobile and web formats in a 1-RU chassis. Each module supports flexible combinations of up to four SD/HD inputs, with up to eight broadcast output profiles and 32 multi-screen aligned output profiles.
It can be combined with the company’s ProMedia Package carrier-grade adaptive streaming preparation system and ProMedia Origin HTTP and RTMP streaming video server to encapsulate and deliver video to a variety of target ecosystems. There is support for Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Adobe RTMP and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming.
As such, Livestream has just announced another way for users to share video on its site: an application for Google Glass.