TORONTO – Source Cable has adopted Harmonic's NSG 9000 HectoQAM in its headend, allowing it to increase the speed of its Internet/data services and add new video-on-demand (VOD) services, the companies announced Tuesday at the SCTE Canadian Summit in Toronto.
Utilizing the scalable nature of HectoQAM, Source can now cost-effectively deliver data as well as HD and SD VOD services to its subscribers from a single, unified edgeQAM chassis. HectoQAM delivers up to 648 QAM RF channels of cable TV services, including high-speed Internet, VOD, switched digital video, or video broadcast.
"Our powerful edgeQAM system gives us a leg up on the competition by meeting our subscribers' insatiable appetite for video-on-demand and high-speed Internet services," said Darryl Chandler, Source’s VP of operations and GM, in the announcement. "The flexible and efficient design of Harmonic's HectoQAM solution will allow us to increase our data, video, and video-on-demand offerings in the future, while maintaining the highest standards of video quality that our subscribers expect."
System integration and training for the HectoQAM solution was completed by Capella Telecommunications, a Harmonic distributor and system integrator located in Canada.
