Espial, Harmonic team to sell TVaaS to MVPDs

Espial is teaming up with Harmonic to combine their software offerings into product MVPDs can use to launch new IP and OTT services.Espial’s Elevate SaaS video platform will fully integrate Harmonic’s VOS360 media processing SaaS to offer MVPDs control, processing, and delivery of video content and services set-top boxes, media players like Roku and Apple TV, smart TVs and mobile devices.“Both Harmonic and Espial have been offering next-gen IPTV and OTT services for years, and together we have an extensive list of customers who are powering millions of active subscribers and devices. Working together, we are now able to offer operators a fully-integrated solution that is proven at scale, and can help operators quickly launch next-gen video services,” said Eric Armstrong, vice president of SaaS Solutions at Harmonic, in a statement.