SES AMERICOM certifies Harmonic compression solutions for IP-PRIME platform

April 15, 2008 – SES AMERICOM has certified the use of Harmonic’s DiviCom Electra 7000 high-definition MPEG-4 AVC (h.264) encoders and Ion AVC standard-definition encoders for the compression of local channels in SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME IPTV distribution platform.

IP-PRIME is a turnkey broadcast and on-demand TV service for telco and broadband service providers, enabling them to deliver IPTV services via a cost-effective, managed solution from SES AMERICOM.  The IP-PRIME Broadcast Center in Vernon Valley, New Jersey transports 299 video channels, including 36 HD channels, to the headend or central office that ultimately sends them to subscribers’ homes.

“A successful and competitive DSL-based television service incorporates a wide variety of content, both national and local,” said Robert Phelan, Senior Vice President of Product Development for SES AMERICOM.  “Harmonic’s outstanding family of DiviCom encoders offers IP-PRIME customers the highest-quality compression for HD services as well as a cost-effective, bandwidth-efficient platform for delivery of a large number of local video channels.”