IBC 2019: Sky Italia takes on Harmonic to support OTT
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| 13 September 2019

Sky Italia has rung the bell for Harmonic’s cloud-native media processing software and content-aware encoding (CAE) technology, using it to power its OTT streaming services.

The Harmonic solution is integrated into the Sky Italia hybrid cloud software-defined streaming platform, which is based on Kubernetes and microservices to serve event-based and 24/7 channels on OTT platforms. Adhering to these requirements, Harmonic's VOS Cluster software dynamically controls and optimises Sky Italia's on-premises and cloud video-processing resources, the companies said.

“To ensure the success of our next-generation streaming services, delivery of exceptional video quality and the ability to quickly adapt to changes are critical factors," said Gabriele Ubertini, director of technology engineering and innovation at Sky Italia.

"Harmonic's cloud-native media processing software aligns with our choice of moving resources to Sky's software-defined streaming infrastructure, while allowing us to be nimble. Using CAE, we can deliver stunning video to a larger group of subscribers, providing a better quality of experience to those in areas with challenging bandwidth availability."

"Sky Italia asked for a highly available and scalable streaming solution for outstanding video quality and state-of-the art ABR packaging. We went above and beyond in meeting these requirements," added Ian Graham, SVP, international sales and video services, Harmonic. "Having an elastic and always-up-to-date media workflow will give Sky Italia serious competitive advantages, enabling it to launch services faster and scale up seamlessly."