Harmonic for
TopTV
Harmonic's digital video headend solutions have
been deployed by On Digital Media (ODM) to
power South Africa ’s subscription channel
TopTV. The headend system includes Harmonic’s
Electra 5400 MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) multi-channel
encoders and the ProStream 1000 stream
processing platform with DiviTrackIP statistical
multiplexing.
This new solution was implemented in under two
months for ODM by African Union
Communications, a systems integrator and
Harmonic reseller in South Africa.
TopTV has a total of 52 channels of which 14 are
contributed from South Africa. Using the
Harmonic headend system these 14 channels are
sent over IP via SEACOM's undersea fiber optic
cable and are received at TopTV's teleport in
Germany where they are multiplexed with the
remaining channels on another Harmonic
headend system. The complete 52-channel line-
up is then uplinked to the SES World Skies Sirius
4 Ku-band satellite over Africa and delivered to
the consumer via a compact set-top box.
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