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Harmonic, Elemental
head multiscreen
encoder market
A
Competitive Assessment looking at the multiscreen
encoder market - Video
Delivery Hardware and Platforms –
carried out by ABI Research has
found a virtual tie between wellestablished Harmonic and rapidly
growing start-up Elemental.
According to ABI Research practice
director Sam Rosen, Harmonic has a
larger portfolio but is generally less
disruptive in its innovation. “Elemental,
meanwhile, is executing on all fronts,
including a recent announcement that
it was the first integrated into
Ericsson’s EVE platform – somewhat of
an upset of
third ranking
Envivio.
However,
Envivio is not
standing still
either, having overcome
problems
encountered
late in 2012 and early 2013 to have
won significant custom