Polaris Elite from Harmonic combines architectural flexibility, exceptional system resiliency and extensibility to meet the evolving needs of today’s rapidly changing media environments. Part of the Polaris family of playout management tools, this powerful automation system optimizes control of Spectrum MediaPort real-time I/O and ChannelPort integrated channel playout (ICP) systems, and associated third-party devices, within IT and hybrid broadcast infrastructures.
Polaris Elite employs the latest development tools and methodologies to provide a feature-rich automation solution that scales economically from a single channel to hundreds of services across geographically dispersed locations. The system can be architected to fit complex and rapidly evolving master control environments, and its modular applications and standard IT hardware implementation combine to offer a rich, highly adaptable platform.
- Automation control for hundreds of Spectrum ingest and playout channels
- Redundant configurations offer fully automatic changeover
- Central SQL database for media tracking and status
- Traffic system integration, including BXF and Microsoft® Excel® interfaces
- Support for automatic media caching from near-line storage to playout servers, including main and backup in redundant systems
- Offline prep list for the creation of on-air schedules, providing a view of all available clips in transmission and near-line storage
- Unicode compliance enables operation in multiple languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Japanese
