Integration of Omneon Storage With Avid Interplay and Transcoders Gives NBC Olympics Fast, Flexible Media Access in File-Based Production Workflow For Secondary Media Outlets
SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 14, 2012 - Harmonic Inc. today announced that it will provide Omneon MediaGrid™ shared storage systems and ProMedia™ Carbon enterprise transcoding software to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games from London, England, July 27 – Aug. 12. The announcement was made today by David Mazza, senior vice president of engineering for NBC Olympics, and Matt Adams, Harmonic vice president of broadcast solutions for the Olympics.
The Harmonic media storage and transcoding systems will enable NBC Olympics to process and deliver high-quality content quickly, while relying entirely on digital media in a file-based environment within the NBC Olympics Highlights Factory, which is used to support content creation for NBCOlympics.com, mobile platform distribution, and IPTV and VOD services. The integration of the MediaGrid storage systems with Avid edit and media management systems facilitates a fast, highly efficient file-based highlights production workflow in which all editors have immediate and simultaneous access to content.