Kaltura, Harmonic team for OTT video management


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Michelle Clancy

| 15 April 2016




Kaltura and Harmonic have partnered to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) platform that lets over-the-top (OTT) players quickly launch ‘live to OTT’, as well as video-on-demand (VOD) and time-shifted services.



kaltura html5Kaltura has integrated Harmonic’s VOS 360 professional cloud media processing service with its OTT video platform to provide a cloud OTT platform that can be run over various public and private clouds.

The integrated SaaS platform is said to be able to address all video management and service aspects, primarily when they are looking for ‘glass to glass’ service. The turnkey ecosystem makes it easy to contribute, transcode, package, scramble and deliver live SD, HD content to all connected devices, the company said.

“We are seeing a growing number of content owners, TV networks, publishers and service providers asking for a flexible SaaS platform that will allow them to manage their entire OTT service - high quality live/linear OTT channels,” said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura co-founder, chairman and CEO. “This integration with Harmonic means that we can jointly offer a complete cloud-based platform that does just this - and can be run on a variety of different cloud environments.”

Patrick Harshman, president and CEO at Harmonic, added: “In the past, OTT players had to compromise on either the level of video quality or their CAPEX investment. OTT players now have a complete cloud solution to meet their OTT needs without compromising the quality of experience. The result is a faster time to market for both live/linear, VOD and time-shifted OTT TV services, underpinned by a highly flexible and scalable SaaS platform,” he added.