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Omneon, now a part of Harmonic, offers professional media organizations an open platform optimized for the production, transformation and distribution of digital media. Integrating video servers, active storage systems and media processing services, Omneon delivers a flexible and scalable infrastructure that empowers users to work with their choice of applications, deploy workflows tailored to their unique requirements and maximize their ability to monetize digital media assets.

History of Innovation and Customer Focus

Since its inception in 1998, Omneon has focused on meeting the demanding requirements of broadcast television. By delivering reliability, flexibility and scalability that set a new standard for video servers used in ingest and playout workflows, Omneon has become the clear industry leader. With thousands of installations, supporting tens of thousands of on-air channels, broadcasters around the world count on Omneon video servers to deliver reliable television services day after day.

Today as part of Harmonic, Omneon remains committed to providing the most complete, feature-rich video server platform for television operations. Relying on its highly experienced development team and input from close customer relationships, the company continues to innovate in areas such as new codec support, media file format integration, system scalability and emerging opportunities for 1080p and 3-D television. Initially deployed primarily for television ingest and playout workflows, Omneon systems are now used much more broadly, with proven installations supporting numerous news, sports highlights and studio production facilities.

Extending the Platform for File-Based Workflows

Omneon revolutionized the video server market as the first company to deliver a modular system architecture and an open file system that not only supports standard media formats and file types, but also enables direct access to media by third-party applications. The openness of the Omneon platform played a key role in the evolution of file-based workflows, and as these workflows become more prevalent, there is a corresponding need for more scalable file-based access to stored content. Omneon answered this need by developing the MediaGrid active storage system, the first storage platform to play an active role in the workflow by including media processing as a built-in capability.

The combination of Omneon video servers and active storage systems delivers a level of integrated functionality unmatched by any other solution targeted at the professional media markets. Omneon is the only company capable of providing real-time recording and playout of content while simultaneously providing access to material for faster-than-real-time processing, collaborative production activities and media management. The flexibility of the Omneon platform makes it ideal for a wide variety of workflows, ranging from small television station playout operations to very large, complex media organizations with ingest, production, distribution, and repurposing requirements.

Building a Dynamic Partner Ecosystem

Recognizing the importance of delivering open systems that support the widest range of best-of-breed technologies and applications, Omneon has invested heavily in developing a broad and active partner community. Today, more than 200 companies have worked with Omneon to enable interoperability, optimize integration, or simply ensure compatibility. With a robust set of APIs and a SOA-based framework, Omneon provides mechanisms that application developers can use to achieve the highest levels of control over Omneon systems. These tools also give developers new opportunities to differentiate an Omneon-based solution.

The open approach of Omneon encourages technology providers and application developers to create best-of-breed solutions that, in turn, give customers the freedom to choose the preferred application that best meets their individual needs. Unlike vendors that lock customers into proprietary approaches, Omneon ensures that its customers have the flexibility to mix and match the best array of tools for their requirements.

Workflow Expertise

Omneon understands that media workflows are complex and require a level of integration testing to validate that various technology components work together as expected. To ensure that the best-of-breed approach delivers the complete solution that customers expect, Omneon performs extensive performance testing and integration validation with many of its technology and application partners. With a substantial investment in system integration lab testing, combined with an intimate knowledge of customer workflows, Omneon is able to advise customers on what will best meet their requirements.

Omneon's assistance to customers on workflow integration goes far beyond simple lab testing. With a team of experts providing pre-sale guidance and post-sale support, Omneon addresses complex customer requirements, counsels customers on infrastructure design, and troubleshoots implementation issues quickly and accurately. With its understanding of the customer and continued dedication to customer success, Omneon consistently achieves high levels of customer satisfaction that have redefined the industry standard for customer care.

Adding It All Up

The investments made in product innovation, partner development and workflow integration enable Omneon to deliver an open platform that makes digital media workflows more efficient, more flexible and less costly. At the same time, the Omneon platform provides an infrastructure that maximizes the ability for customers to monetize their digital media assets by shortening the time-to-air and accelerating the repurposing of material for multiple delivery vehicles. Combining deep knowledge of digital media workflows with a platform that delivers the highest levels of flexibility, reliability and cost-effectiveness, Omneon is unique in what it delivers to customers. It's easy to see why Omneon is the right choice for media companies around the world.

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