[Satellite TODAY 04-18-12] Switzerland-based telecom Swisscom has contracted Harmonic to provide its ProMedia Live real-time multiscreen transcoding platform and NMX Digital Service Manager to provide high-definition video streams for its Web TV and mobile TV services, Harmonic announced April 17.

      The ProMedia suite enables high-quality video creation and multiscreen delivery through a broad range of functions, including capture, transcoding, packaging and origination. Swisscom said the deal would allow the company to significantly increase the number of high-quality live channels it delivers.

      “Over the last two years, our Web and mobile subscribers more than tripled to beyond 300,000, and our IPTV subscribers skyrocketed to 600,000 users — compelling us to adopt a high-performance solution to handle the increased volume of streaming video,” Swisscom Director of TV and Portal Development Volker Dietzel said in a statement. “Harmonic’s scalable solution allows us to keep pace cost-effectively with the explosive growth in subscriber numbers and streaming sessions by delivering more high-quality live channels to mobile viewing devices than any competitor in our market.”