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IPTV Evangelist (ipTVe) is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot iTV and IPTV markets. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest iTV and IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about the space, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community.

- Latest Update - Free to Sorenson Squeeze 6 Users - Features AVCHD Decoding 
- Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 Empowers Users with Ability to Directly Publish to Amazon Web Services 
- Improved Filtering Capabilities Include Enhanced Faster De-Interlacing, Image Rotation and Optimized Color Conversion

SAN DIEGO (September 14, 2010) - Sorenson Media today announced the immediate availability of Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, which adds greater encoding, publishing, pre-processing and filtering functionality to the industry-leading online video encoding product. The Squeeze 6.5 update is free to current Sorenson Squeeze 6 users.

"With Squeeze 6.5, the industry's best encoding solution just got better," said Randon Morford, director of product management for Sorenson Media. "Squeeze users can now enjoy the most effective means ever for publishing video directly to the cloud as well as top-quality HD decoding and encoding capability. This set of user benefits is continued evidence of our commitment to delivering the tools and services that our customers need."

Among the new capabilities in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, is the ability for the first time to decode the AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) format. AVCHD records high-definition video to DVD, hard drives, or flash memory cards as .m2ts, .mts, or .m2t files and is the most common recording format for high definition video cameras at the prosumer and high-end consumer market.

Other significant benefits of Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 include three new filters: enhanced de-interlacing, image rotation and optimized color conversion. The new deinterlacing filter works automatically as a default setting to increase encoding quality and speed and is faster than any previous version of Sorenson Squeeze. Image rotation improves video capture capability in mobile devices by converting portrait orientation to landscape, while encoding speed is further increased through optimized color conversion in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5.

New publishing capabilities have also been added. The software now has the unique ability to publish encoded video content directly to users' Amazon Web Services S3 accounts. This capability brings significant benefits to enterprise users and small-to-medium companies who use the AWS cloud to manage and distribute their videos across the Internet, and builds on the software's ability to publish to a variety of locations, such as the Sorenson 360 online video platform, YouTube or an FTP server.

About IPTV Evangelist

IPTV Evangelist (ipTVe) is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot iTV and IPTV markets. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest iTV and IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about the space, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community.

San Jose, California - September 15, 2010 - Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT), a leading provider of broadcast and on-demand video delivery solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Omneon, Inc., a leading provider of video production and playout solutions for many of the world's premier media companies, for aggregate consideration of approximately $194 million in cash and approximately 17.1 million shares of its common stock. This represents an enterprise value of approximately $273 million, based on the value of Harmonic's common stock as set forth in the definitive acquisition agreement and net of Omneon's cash balances.

The transaction is expected to be neutral to Harmonic's non-GAAP net income in 2010 and to be accretive to non-GAAP net income in 2011, excluding the amortization of intangibles and non-recurring charges such as restructuring and transaction costs. See "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.

Due to the purchase accounting for the transaction, Harmonic cannot reasonably estimate the impact on GAAP net income at this time. The Company expects to report consolidated guidance when it reports its results for the third quarter of 2010 in October.

About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is redefining video delivery with the industry's most powerful solutions for delivering live and on-demand video to TVs, PCs and mobile devices. Harmonic's technical innovation and market leadership enable the company to offer a unique and comprehensive solution portfolio--including encoding, transcoding, content preparation, stream processing, asset management, edge processing, and delivery. Broadcast, cable, Internet, mobile, satellite and telecom service providers around the world choose Harmonic's IP-based digital video, software, and broadband edge and access solutions. Using these award-winning and industry-leading solutions, operators can reduce costs and differentiate their services by offering consumers a higher quality, personalized multi-screen experience.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) is headquartered in San Jose, 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.

About Omneon, Inc.
Omneon, Inc., is a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum media server and highly scalable production storage with the MediaGrid active storage system. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in more than 85 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at www.Omneon.com.

About IPTV Evangelist

IPTV Evangelist (ipTVe) is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot iTV and IPTV markets. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest iTV and IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about the space, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community.

Stockholm - September 20 2010 - Edgeware AB, the technology leader in distributed delivery systems, today announced it has been selected by Telekom Slovenia's Planet 9 multimedia and services integration subsidiary to provide its specialized video servers as a key component of their IPTV delivery system.  

Telekom Slovenia is Slovenia's leading IPTV provider with more than 120,000 subscribers, while Planet 9 provides multimedia, content and systems integration expertise to deliver highly innovative platforms such as SIOL iO.  This is a unique service representing the first convergence video service linking television, Internet and mobile to enable the viewing of broadcast content, as well as video on demand and user generated video content. Planet 9 also owns, manages and provides high quality entertainment and informative multimedia content and services for web portal siol.net.  Siol.net has 500,000 visitors monthly and is one of the most visited websites in Slovenia.

"Our main goal when choosing a delivery platform was scalability," said Tomaž Pernovšek, M.Sc., deputy manager at Planet 9.  "We were interested specifically in the robustness and the hardware infrastructure.  We also found that the Edgeware solution integrated smoothly with both of our VOD delivery models of progressive download and streaming as well as offering us support for future service capabilities such as catch-up TV and network PVR.  As a final point, the Edgeware servers offer very cost effective performance."

"We are looking forward to working with Planet 9 to further scale and expand its leadership position in developing and deploying IPTV services.  We are very pleased that Planet 9 has seen us as the right partner to manage their future demand and service expansion," said Tom Schmitt, executive vice president sales at Edgeware.

About Edgeware

About IPTV Evangelist

IPTV Evangelist (ipTVe) is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot iTV and IPTV markets. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest iTV and IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about the space, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community.

IMS Conferences will host its third TV 3.0 Conference in Los Angeles, California on December 7th - 8th 2010. This year's event will focus on the latest innovations in TV and content delivery and will feature over 40 expert speakers from across the TV and content value chain.

Keynote speakers include Verizon Communications President & CEO, Fran Shammo as well as CBS Chief Research Officer and President of CBS Vision, David Poltrack. These industry leading visionaries will address the issues associated with 3D programming, multi-screen business models and strategies for integrating online content into the television experience. Click here to see the full agenda.

Delegates who register before October 15th will receive a FREE 8GB New iPod Nano! The holidays are just around the corner and the new iPod Nano's revolutionary Multi-Touch display, sleek new clip design and compact form factor make it the perfect gift for friends and family!

TV 3.0 will be held back-to-back with an exciting new conference from IMS entitled Intelligent Video: A Revolution in Visually Intelligent Devices, which will explore the revolutionary changes that will be brought about by mass deployment of visually intelligent devices, applications and services to a wide variety of verticals including healthcare, retail, security, transport, telematics & more. If you register for both events, you will receive an additional 25% discount off the price off the Intelligent Video conference.

TV 3.0 - Innovations in TV & Content Delivery will also play host to a co-located expo, at which manufacturers and solution providers will showcase their latest products. In addition, the winners of the 2010 TV Innovation Awards will be announced and presented at a gala reception on the evening of December 7th. Last year the awards attracted over 100 entries from companies developing products and solutions on the cutting edge of television's future.

For more information regarding registration, exhibiting, sponsorship and speaking opportunities at TV 3.0 - Innovations in TV and Content Delivery and Intelligent Video: A Revolution in Visually Intelligent Devices, please visit www.imsconferences.com. You can also find out more about how to enter your company for the 2010 TV Innovation Awards at www.tvinnovationawards.com. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2010.

About IPTV Evangelist

IPTV Evangelist (ipTVe) is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot iTV and IPTV markets. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest iTV and IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about the space, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community.