Harris Completes Encoder Conformance Testing With Microsoft Platform

Harris, an IT and communications company, has announced that the Harris NetVX range of H.264/MPEG-4 standard-definition video networking encoders has successfully completed encoder conformance testing for use with Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol TV and multimedia software platform.

The test was administered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Mediaroom Interoperability and Qualification Lab program, which is intended to enable the ongoing interoperability and compliance of encoders used in Microsoft Mediaroom deployments.

NetVX SD video encoding lets service providers offer a high quality and cost-effective platform for their IPTV deployments. It also allows IPTV service providers using this encoding at the head-end to seamlessly communicate with the set-top receiving device for the delivery of IPTV multimedia services to the consumer.

The Microsoft Mediaroom platform, which reached 1 million subscriber homes in the first quarter of 2008, is now powering connected TV services on more than 2 million TV sets worldwide – it took Mediaroom 18 months to reach its first million TVs and only five months, more than three times faster, to reach its second million TVs.

NetVX video networking encoders are among the wide range of Harris solutions that optimize the networking and infrastructure workflows of today’s broadcast and IPTV operations.