Harmonic to Launch CCAP at Expo

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) plans to launch a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) solution and optical transmitters at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Orlando, FL. The company is also introducing its SUPRALink and PWRLink modules. Both transmitters are designed to minimize space requirements in cable facilities. The transmitters are intended to complement Harmonic's CCAP initiative and are designed for 1 GHz bandwidth capacity and low power consumption.Harmonic will also showcase a turnkey solution for adaptive bit rate (ABR) multiscreen services that's designed to be expanded to full IP video delivery to main TVs, as well as technical enhancements to live, file, and time-shift TV/nPVR applications based on IP technology. Harmonic booth demos will include a live demonstration of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard, the Electra encoding platform, ProStream 1000 stream processor and transcoder, and the ProMedia multiscreen production and delivery suite.