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Dalet Picks Harmonic's Rhozet Transcoding Technology

By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Harmonic’s (News - Alert) Rhozet Carbon Coder video transcoding solution has been integrated with the full range of Dalet asset management and broadcast solutions.

 

Dalet Digital Media Systems’ file-based solutions offer end-to-end digital workflows--from ingest to production, editing, scheduling, transmission, archiving and content distribution. The new integrated solution has been deployed at The Press Association, the national news agency for the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Dalet/Rhozet solution will help the agency to efficiently produce and manage video packages that are distributed to affiliates via The Press Association’s Web portal.

 

Video journalists working for The Press Association have to edit video using their laptops while they are in the field. The journalists then edit video using their laptops and upload finished packages to headquarters using a customized store-and-forward video hub application developed using Rhozet video transcoding technology. Because the time consuming task of transcoding and publishing functions are handled behind-the-scenes, journalists can give more time to content instead of wasting time on repetitive tasks.

 

Kevin Savina, director of Product Management at Dalet Digital Media Systems said that they are impressed with the Rhozet transcoding capabilities and the ease in which they have been able to integrate these capabilities with the Dalet core engine to meet the requirements of customers.

 

David Trescot (News - Alert), vice president of the Rhozet Business Unit at Harmonic, noted that Dalet’s proven technology is used by major broadcasters and content providers to facilitate the management of video assets. He explained that Carbon Coder transcoding technology expands their offering by providing a significant increase in workflow efficiencies for these customers.

 

Harmonic’s Rhozet Carbon Coder, a universal transcoding application, facilitates the transfer of media between a broad range of platforms. The high-performance solution can run as a stand-alone application or as part of a multi-node, fully-automated rendering farm.

 

Dalet is a worldwide provider of software that empowers broadcasters and content professionals to produce and manage audio and video content in a digital, multi-platform world.

 

Harmonic is a provider of video solutions that enable service providers to efficiently deliver the next generation of broadcast and on-demand services including high definition, video-on-demand, network personal video recording and time-shifted TV.

 

Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s article, please visit her columnist page.

 

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