Harmonic: unified management of hybrid streaming workflows

The assistants of IBC 2025 have been able to discover in detail the great novelty of Harmonic for the fair: a centralized workflow management system that seeks to simplify next-generation hybrid streaming operations and, in the process, reduce the costs associated with this type of service.

Los hybrid streaming streams, as explained Eric Gallier, vice president of customer video solutions at Harmonic, are gaining industry attention with benefits like a lower total cost of ownership thanks to the use of the public cloud. To efficiently manage this type of processes, the company has presented a new centralized system with which operators “can easily control streaming services regardless of their location, whether on premises, in the cloud or both.”

The system of centralized management enables a wide range of video use cases, including linear channels and VOD streaming, time-shift, catch-up TV, network PVR, as well as server-side ad insertion. The tool works through a unified user interface which allows operators to create, configure and monitor any linear channel on the streaming platform, with the flexibility to run it only on-premises or not.

The latest news from Harmonic optimize storage costs and exit by maintaining the activos VOD, nPVR y live-to-VOD latest and most in-demand content on-premise, while less popular content moves to the cloud. Through these automated processes, the company allows you to guide the migration of content from on-premises to the cloud based on rules such as the recency and popularity of the content. Furthermore, this content migration is transparent to content management system (CMS), allowing uninterrupted operation.

In parallel, development improves operational resilience and the disaster recovery in hybrid environments. Service providers can leverage the cloud for built-in redundancy, geographic diversity, and robust failover options to back up the entire on-premises infrastructure in the event of failure.