SAN JOSE, Calif. and COLOGNE, Germany — Aug. 15, 2024 — German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has added eight new free ad-supported streaming tv (FAST) channels to its video streaming service, increasing the variety of viewing choices for patrons of its streaming service RTL+. The brand new FAST channels are powered by Harmonic’s VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all levels of media processing, together with superior playout, highly effective graphics insertion, premium OTT encoding and distribution.
Integrating extra FAST channels into RTL Deutschland’s current ecosystem was efficiently dealt with by netorium, an utility integrator from Wiesbaden. netorium ensured a easy deployment leveraging its deep information of RTL’s technical infrastructure and longstanding partnership with Harmonic.
In the course of the integration, it was essential to contemplate current adjoining methods and guarantee compatibility with varied finish gadgets. The implementation was carried out as an iterative course of, permitting for versatile changes and testing. netorium offered consultancy, design, implementation and mission administration providers, and continues to assist the system.
Andre Prahl, chief distribution officer at RTL Deutschland, commented, “What significantly impressed us was the power to simply launch eight channels. We had no excessive funding prices, as we function the channels fully on a software program as a service mannequin. This enables us to adapt the providing very flexibly to viewer preferences.”
RTL Deutschland makes use of the brand new channels as themed choices for a few of its most profitable content material codecs, enabling the broadcaster to successfully goal particular buyer teams.
“For video streaming providers to thrive, they have to be exactly focused to related viewers,” stated Gil Rudge, senior vp, merchandise and Americas gross sales, video enterprise at Harmonic. “With our VOS360 Media SaaS, RTL Deutschland can quickly create and ship FAST channels to retain current clients and appeal to new ones.”
Working on the general public cloud, Harmonic’s end-to-end video platform offers agility, resiliency, safety and scalability. Leveraging the VOS360 Media platform, RTL can simply create and deploy extra FAST channels at scale. The VOS360 Media platform relies on a versatile enterprise mannequin that permits RTL Deutschland to solely pay for what they use.
Harmonic will showcase the most recent improvements in video streaming and broadcast supply at IBC2024, Sept. 13-16 in Amsterdam. To schedule a gathering with Harmonic at stand 1.B20, go to www.harmonicinc.com/video-streaming/occasions/ibc/. Additional details about Harmonic and the corporate’s options is offered at www.harmonicinc.com. Further details about netorium is offered at www.netorium.de.
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About netorium
Based in 2002 netorium has since been creating particular person options for media-creating firms within the areas of playout, storage, streaming and workflows along with clients and chosen companions. Prospects embrace private and non-private tv stations in addition to different media creating firms going through technological modifications alongside their worth chain. At the moment, the main target is on digital transformation incl. Video over IP, audio, transcoding, automation, QM, distribution, archiving, and so forth. With its know-how and expertise netorium solves these challenges – regionally on the bottom, within the cloud and hybrid. As utility integrator netorium interprets the person necessities into applied sciences and profitably combines them into an efficient complete that’s match for the longer term. The premise of the netorium options are the merchandise of the accomplice producers.
About RTL Deutschland
RTL Deutschland is Germany’s main leisure firm, spanning throughout all kinds of media: TV and streaming, print and digital, radio and podcasts. It’s dwelling to a few of the nation’s strongest media manufacturers from RTL to Stern, Brigitte to Vox and Geo to NTV, and operates Germany’s largest streaming service RTL+, with round 4.9 million subscribers and a cross-media provide together with collection, movies, music, podcasts and audiobooks. RTL Deutschland owns 15 TV channels, greater than 10 premium magazines, a broad podcast portfolio and quite a few digital choices.
About Harmonic
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide chief in virtualized broadband and video supply options, allows media firms and repair suppliers to ship ultra-high-quality video streaming and broadcast providers to shoppers globally. The corporate revolutionized broadband networking by way of the trade’s first virtualized broadband resolution, enabling operators to extra flexibly deploy gigabit web providers to shoppers’ properties and cellular gadgets. Whether or not simplifying OTT video supply by way of revolutionary cloud and software program platforms, or powering the supply of gigabit web providers, Harmonic is altering the best way media firms and repair suppliers monetize dwell and on-demand content material on each display screen. Extra data is offered at www.harmonicinc.com.
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