AI EyeQ
Harmonic's AI content-aware encoding module; cuts video delivery bitrate by up to 50%.
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How does AI EyeQ cut a broadcaster's streaming costs by half without quality loss?
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Mentioned in: France TV names its AI vendors
Media's AI PivotReduced Canal Alpha's bitrate by up to 50% across all delivery paths
Media's AI Pivot: AI encoding halves a Swiss feedBackground
AI EyeQ is Harmonic's AI-powered content-aware encoding module, integrated into the XOS software broadcast platform. Rather than applying a fixed bitrate profile across an entire video stream, AI EyeQ analyses each scene in real time, identifying visual complexity and motion to allocate bitrate dynamically: complex scenes receive more data; static or low-motion frames receive less. In deployments at broadcasters including Canal Alpha, the system has delivered up to 50% bitrate savings without visible degradation in perceived video quality.
AI EyeQ operates within the software-defined XOS processor, which replaces dedicated hardware encoders, reducing rack space and capital expenditure alongside the operating cost reduction from lower bandwidth. For 24/7 live broadcasters, the compounding effect of a 50% bitrate saving across multiple simultaneous streams represents a material reduction in CDN and transit costs, not a marginal efficiency gain.
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