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anga_anga 10/05/2014 13:02 Page 13 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