Solutions

Mobile TV began with 3G streaming (live and VOD) and has evolved to encompass a variety of standards for transmission of video over broadcast networks —ISDB-T (Japan, Brazil), T-DMB (Korea), Media FLO (US), DVB-H (Europe, Asia), CMMB (China) ATSC M/H (US)-all based on MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) technology. Today, Internet video is drastically impacting the way video is consumed, with the advent of flat-fee broadband packages, Wi-Fi connectivity and Smartphone video capabilities.

"Appointment TV" is also giving way to an all on-demand, converged model where content is accessible on a central server in the network or stored locally on the device.

Harmonic has designed its Mobile TV solution to offer operators greater flexibility and seamless integration with the existing telco (IPTV) video headend so that an integrated service can be easily created.

Options to Meet Consumer Needs

Eventually, the Mobile video service will encompass a variety of technologies and applications to enable a variety of consumer behaviors :

• Broadcast TV (free or subscription)
• Multicast streaming on 4G (WiMAX/LTE) for live content delivery
• Unicast live streaming for long-tail content
• Unicast VOD
• Unicast network PVR ( catch-up TV, start over, network DVR)
• "On the Go" live streaming, side loading or sync & go

Harmonic's Mobile Solution

Harmonic provides a comprehensive and unique mobile video delivery solution across a variety of networks and devices (mobile broadcast, 3G/4G, Internet, on-the-goIPTV sync & go):

• ProView receivers and TSDs
• ProStream 4000 multi-screen live transcoder
• Rhozet Carbon Coder and Carbon Server for offline universal transcoding
• Ingest Gateway and LIVEcut for live ingest and asset creation

Unique Value

Harmonic's solution is the first converged mobile video delivery solution that can bridge different services and create added value for the end user:

• IPTV content can be delivered to Mobile and Internet devices with ProStream 4000 transcoding
• The existing IPTV service can easily be enriched with sync & go capabilities delivered over IP Multicast on IPTV network
• Mobile broadcast content can be encoded/transcoded in H.264 and delivered to the live ingest server for catch up TV service over a 3G/4G network

Service providers can also benefit from Harmonic's market leadership, expertise and 20 years of experience delivering powerful video delivery solutions:

• Expand/share existing headend to serve converged mobile applications
• Leverage the same network management system
• One-stop shopping for all video delivery platform elements: IPTV headend, content reception, multi-screen transcoding , offline transcoding, live ingest
• Interoperability program in place with streaming servers, cell phones and middleware
• Work with leading ecosystem vendors and system integrators