[SatBroadcasting™] The ‘yes’ DBS Satellite Services has deployed Harmonic’s MediaPrism(tm) converged video suite as part of its recently launched video on demand (VOD) service, delivered to subscribers over-the-top (OTT) via a broadband Internet connection to the STB.

‘yes’, the leading DTH broadcaster in Israel, also recently upgraded its headend using Harmonic’s SD and HD Electra® encoding and multiplexing solutions. ‘yes’ regards VOD as a must-have application for the company to compete in an increasingly on-demand world, and as an important source of new revenues. The new solution enables ‘yes’ to overcome the challenges associated with a one-way broadcast satellite network and easily make VOD services available to more than 576,000 subscribers. Harmonic's MediaPrism solution for converged multi-screen video delivery is the industry’s most comprehensive suite of tools for real-time and offline content ingest, transformation, distribution and delivery. At ‘yes’ capture and ingest functions are provided by elements of the MediaPrism suite, including CLEARcut™ offline content preparation and Carbon Coder™ transcoding technology, while the StreamLiner® video servers are used to stream video assets. StreamLiner supports the latest streaming formats and addresses bandwidth limitations by enabling progressive download of high quality SD and HD video, which is cached by a hybrid IP set-top box. ’yes’ viewers can switch seamlessly between VOD and broadcast channels, with VOD program selection and billing handled by the existing ‘yes’ infrastructure. Harmonic’s NMX Digital Service Manager™ manages and controls the video delivery network. The company's carrier-grade MediaPrism Convergence Suite will be on display at Harmonic’s stand #1.C61 during IBC2010 in Amsterdam.