CNS Taiwan selects Harmonic for major H.264 digital cable headend upgrade
19 June 2009
China Network Systems Co., Ltd. (CNS), one of Taiwan’s largest cable video service providers with over 1 million television subscribers, has selected Harmonic’s advanced digital video solutions for an MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) network upgrade that enables CNS to substantially expand its high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) digital service.
CNS’ new H.264 offering will include 10 HD and 112 SD channels, scheduled to be launched later this year to subscribers in Taipei and other highly populated regions in northern and southern Taiwan. CNS also utilises a range of Harmonic’s HFC transmission solutions in its cable infrastructure.
"CNS’ network upgrade represents a major technical step forward for cable networks in Taiwan," said Raymond Tse, vice-president of Asia Pacific Sales, Harmonic Inc. "CNS is a long-standing customer of Harmonic’s HFC access technologies, and with this project, Harmonic is providing CNS with an end-to-end delivery infrastructure and H.264 technology that continues to distinguish itself throughout Asia."
Harmonic’s comprehensive portfolio of digital video solutions provides CNS with unmatched video quality and bandwidth utilisation, numerous operational efficiencies, and a very powerful and flexible platform to support new revenue-generating services.
The extensive range of technologies selected by CNS for this project include: DiviCom Electra 7000 HD and Electra 5400 SD encoders, ProStream 1000 stream processors with DiviTrackIP distributed statistical multiplexing, Broadcast NSG 9000 edgeQAMs, and NMX Digital Service Manager.
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