Multimedia Polska selects Harmonic solutions for launch of VOD service

March 3, 2008 – Harmonic has announced that Polish cable and IPTV operator Multimedia Polska selected its on-demand solutions for the operator’s new Video on Demand service, launched in September last year.

Multimedia Polska selected Harmonic’s StreamLiner video servers and Armada intelligent asset manager for dynamic adaptive distribution of assets based on popularity and available resources.  The VOD network is a distributed system with nearly 20 regional sites across Poland linked using IP-based connectivity.

“Harmonic was uniquely able to support the needs of our hybrid network architecture simultaneously servicing cable subscribers via the HFC network and IPTV subscribers via the DSL network,” said Bartlomiej Kasinski, VOD Project Manager for Multimedia Polska.  “The StreamLiner servers are scalable and easy to manage, and we are impressed with the ability of the Armada software to dynamically manage the movement of content based upon regional popularity over our wide area network.”

The operator intends to add more value-added services in the future, including high-definition VOD, time-shifted television and other interactive services, as well as expand from the initial base of offing VOD in six cities.  Multimedia Polska currently has over 600,000 subscribers.