Broadcast News

Bookmark and Share
12/03/2025

Weigel Broadcasting Simplifies Video Distribution

News Image
Harmonic has announced that Weigel Broadcasting, a leading North American broadcaster, is simplifying video distribution with Harmonic's VOS® Media Software.

Harmonic's cloud-native software offers state-of-the-art playout-to-delivery capabilities, including ATSC 1.0 centralcasting, unlocking significant cost savings and greater efficiency for Weigel.

"As we continue to grow the number of stations we own and operate, we wanted a scalable, software-driven approach — not more racks of hardware," said Kyle Walker, vice president of technology at Weigel Broadcasting. "With Harmonic's end-to-end playout-to-delivery solution, we can easily add new stations by scaling compute power rather than piecing together stand-alone appliances. This has streamlined our workflows, increased efficiency and given us the flexibility for expansion without the complexities of a traditional broadcast infrastructure."

Harmonic's VOS Media Software improves cost efficiencies for Weigel with a fully software-based, end-to-end workflow for ingest, centralcasting, advanced playout and branding, encoding, transcoding, statistical multiplexing and distribution. A built-in user interface enables seamless playlist monitoring and automated channel delivery via the web without requiring a complex automation system. Designed to scale, VOS Media Software empowers Weigel to expand its station lineup at any time, depending on data center capacity. Weigel can also enhance its broadcast channels by leveraging advanced capabilities on VOS Media Software, such as delay-line, PSIP fetch, Nielsen watermarking, Dolby upmix and AI captioning integration.

"By adopting our cloud-native VOS Media Software, Weigel is at the forefront of innovation as one of the first broadcasters utilising a next-generation playout-to-delivery solution," said Gil Rudge, senior vice president, products and Americas sales, video business at Harmonic. "With advanced capabilities and support for ATSC, OTT and split signal all on one platform, Weigel is leveraging VOS Media Software to streamline operations and future-proof its video delivery."

Harmonic will demonstrate its innovative cloud solutions at the 2025 NAB Show, April 6-9, in Las Vegas at booth W2821.

www.harmonicinc.com
VMI.TV Ltd

Top Related Stories
Click here for the latest broadcast news stories.

12/04/2011
Weigel Broadcasting Standardises On Thomson Video Networks
Thomson Video Networks has announced that Weigel Broadcasting has standardised on a channel delivery system from Thomson for its new Me-TV (Memorable
09/05/2022
Weigel Selects Pixel Power
Pixel Power, a Rohde & Schwarz company and global leader in master control playout, automation, graphics & branding, has been chosen by Chicago-based
25/01/2018
Weigel Selects TMD For Workflow Management
TMD has been selected by US media company Weigel Broadcasting Co. to deliver a new digital asset and workflow management system for improved operation
14/09/2023
Harmonic To Showcase VOS Media Software At IBC 2023
Harmonic has announced a giant leap forward in operational efficiency and performance for its cloud-native VOS® Media Software, setting a new standard
06/03/2025
Harmonic To Display Lineup Of Cloud And Software-Based Innovations
Harmonic is to showcase an exciting lineup of cloud and software-based innovations at the 2025 NAB Show, further strengthening its leadership in video
02/09/2024
Harmonic To Showcase Wide Range Of Cloud And Software-Based Innovations
Harmonic is set to showcase a wide range of cloud and software-based innovations at IBC2024, reinforcing its position as the worldwide leader in video
04/04/2024
Harmonic To Display Cloud And Software-Based Appliance Solutions
Harmonic is bringing its leading-edge cloud and software-based appliance solutions to the 2024 NAB Show, redefining the standard for video streaming a
28/09/2016
Harmonic Delivers Software-Based CCAP Solution
Harmonic has announced the introduction of its CableOS system – the industry's first software-based CCAP solution. The "game-changing" CableOS solutio
10/05/2012
Harmonic Launches Iris 2.0 Analytics Software
Harmonic Inc. has announced Iris® 2.0, the newest version of its video quality monitoring and analytics software suite. Featuring an enhanced graphica
06/09/2018
Harmonic Media-Over-IP Solution Selected For M6 Group Workflow
French TV operator M6 Group has transitioned to a full-IP video workflow with Harmonic's media-over-IP solution. The solution was deployed as an upgra
13/04/2015
Harmonic Extends Capabilities Of Virtualized Media Processing Platform
Video delivery infrastructure leader, Harmonic, has announced the Harmonic Virtual Media API (VMA) – an open application control interface for broadca
18/06/2012
Virgin Media Delivers 24 Channels of Live, HD Olympic Games Coverage With Harmonic Video Solutions
Harmonic Inc has announced that Virgin Media, the United Kingdom's leading provider of cable television, broadband, phone, and mobile services, has se
27/03/2002
Curious Software introduces v3.0 upgrade to mapping software
NAB 2002 in Las Vegas will see the first public demonstration of v3.0 of Curious World Maps software. The package will allows the user to create broad
22/07/2016
Harmonic Continues To Deliver OTT Solutions
Harmonic is to demonstrate cloud-native, VR and UHD OTT distribution solutions at IBC 2016. Harmonic Pure Innovation Pushes the Boundaries, Bringing C
17/08/2015
Cobalt Digital and Nexstar Broadcasting Develop 21CCVA-Compliant Software
Cobalt Digital has collaborated with Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. to produce a software solution with text-to-speech capabilities to serve the need