Harmonic's On-Demand Solutions Selected for SES AMERICOM'S IP-PRIME IPTV Distribution Platform

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced they are developing a video-on-demand (VOD) solution for SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME® IPTV service using Harmonic’s StreamLiner® 2000 video servers, CLEARcut™ storage encoding solution and Ingest Gateway workflow software. The Harmonic solution will enable telephone company operators and broadband service providers of every size throughout the United States using the IP-PRIME service to offer a high quality, cost-effective VOD service to consumers. IP-PRIME is a fully-featured television service architected by SES AMERICOM based on world-class technical partners and state of the art IPTV technologies. IP PRIME offers telcos a complete, easy-to-deploy and cost-effective, managed solution, with more than 275 video channels transported from the SES AMERICOM IPTV Broadcast Center in Vernon Valley, New Jersey to the headend at the central office and ultimately to subscriber homes. With the introduction of Harmonic’s StreamLiner on-demand video delivery platform, SES AMERICOM will be expanding the IP-PRIME service offering with a comprehensive on-demand service encompassing local and national content. "We are committed to continually adding new capabilities to IP-PRIME so that our telco customers can offer their subscribers the widest range of video services,” said Robert Phelan, Senior Vice President of Product Development for SES AMERICOM. "In developing our VOD solution, we chose to partner with Harmonic based on their outstanding technical capabilities, flexible product architecture and leadership in VOD.” "SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME is an innovative, end-to-end solution that streamlines the deployment of video services by telco operators,” said Matt Aden, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service for Harmonic Inc. "Their planned expansion of the platform to incorporate VOD significantly enhances the revenue opportunities for telcos using IP-PRIME and will allow them to deliver a more compelling video offering. Harmonic’s comprehensive on-demand video delivery platform is designed to optimize and simplify content creation, ingest, distribution and delivery. The StreamLiner servers offer superior storage and processing power as well as exceptional streaming capacity.” Ingest Gateway is a workflow system for managing the ingest of offline assets, used in conjunction with Harmonic’s CLEARcut storage encoding solution to facilitate the video processing needed prior to storage on the StreamLiner 2000 video server. The StreamLiner servers, built using off-the-shelf hardware from IBM and Hewlett-Packard, ingest offline and real-time content and then stream programs on demand, as requested by viewers. CLEARcut, Ingest Gateway and StreamLiner are part of Harmonic’s IP-based on-demand video delivery platform, a solution that supports the full spectrum of on-demand applications, including VOD, near VOD, time-shifted TV, network personal video recording (nPVR), barker channels and advertisement insertion. About Harmonic Inc. Harmonic Inc. is a leading provider of versatile and high performance video solutions that enable service providers to efficiently deliver the next generation of broadcast and on-demand services including high definition, video-on-demand, network personal video recording and time-shifted TV. Cable, satellite, broadcast and telecom service providers can utilize Harmonic’s digital video, broadband optical access and software solutions to offer consumers the compelling and personalized viewing experience. Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The Company’s customers, including many of the world’s largest communications providers, deliver services in virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com for more information. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to Harmonic’s expectations that SES GLOBAL and Harmonic will develop a video-on-demand (VOD) solution for SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME® IPTV service that will enable telephone company operators and broadband service providers using the IP-PRIME service to offer a high quality, cost-effective VOD service to consumers; and Harmonic’s beliefs that the expansion of SES AMERICOM’s platform will increase SES AMERICOM’s revenue generating opportunities. Our expectations and beliefs regarding this matter may not materialize. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Harmonic’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its current reports on Form 8-K. Harmonic does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. EDITOR’S NOTE – Product and company names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.