Individualized IPTV – Harmonic and Fraunhofer FOKUS develop new IPTV solutions

19.11.2008

Harmonic Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif. USA, and the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, have announced that they are collabo­rating to develop personalized solutions for IPTV. Harmonic, a leading provider of professional video processing and delivery technologies for cable, satellite, broadcast, IPTV and internet TV service providers, will be integrating their latest IP-based headend and advertisement insertion technologies in the Fraunhofer FOKUS Media Interoperability Lab (MI Lab). Based on the extensive IPTV and rich media infrastructure of the laboratory, Fraunhofer and Harmonic will develop new solutions for individualized TV services. Joint development will concentrate on the simultaneous delivery of personalized media and targeted advertisements including delivery to mobile devices where TV programs are adjusted to suit the end device.