Movistar+ streaming is reinforced with Harmonic's VOS360 Cloud

The VOS360 cloud streaming platform Harmonic has been chosen by Movistar+ (Telefónica) to optimize the scaling of your channels and serve as backup.

VOS360 replicates the entire infrastructure Telefónica Spain for your platform Movistar+ in the cloud. This allows, Harmonic points out, to optimize the service resources, providing a instant scaling of live channels 24/7 while maintaining “low costs” thanks to a usage-based pricing model.

Cloud-based recovery service Harmonic is reinforced with advanced equipment DevOps, which ensures that services are always available to subscribers of Movistar. VOS360 It also provides “rapid” scaling, allowing Telefónica España to secure its channels for the duration of a premium event.

on demand

Based on a pay-as-you-go (SaaS) business model, Harmonic's service is activated on demand, providing the operator the flexibility to pay for services as needed, whether for a day, a week or a month. Eugenio today, head of streaming and conditional access at Telefónica, is pleased to have chosen Harmonic's service: "Instead of recreating our physical infrastructure in a backup location, we successfully replicated the configuration in the cloud using Harmonic's VOS360 platform. This redundant service not only saves costs, but is also flexible and ensures our ability to test new channels and offer short-term events as our video streaming service evolves."

On the other hand, City Bar, senior vice president of video products and corporate development at Harmonic, notes: "Traditionally, disaster recovery systems have been inflexible and expensive to replicate. But Harmonic is transforming that notion. Our VOS360 platform's cloud-based recovery service can be activated in minutes, which is a testament to the speed and elasticity our cloud recovery service offers."