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Envivio Introduces New
4Stream IP Gateway for IPTV and Mobile TV Services Providers
Other Topics: IPTV Video
Encoding Solutions, IPTV Network
Addressing, IPTV Telecom Service
Envivio
April 16, 2007
Envivio All-IP Convergence Generation Video Headend Solution
Increases Encoder Density, Provides Flexible Routing and Simplified
Management
Las Vegas, NV -- Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP
video convergence solutions from mobile to HD, today introduced its
4Stream™ IP gateway for IPTV and mobile TV service providers. The
4Stream IP Gateway is an integral part of the Envivio all-IP
Convergence Generation™ video headend. Announced in March of 2007,
the headend also features the 4Caster™ C4 IP video encoders and the
award-winning 4Caster M2 Mobile TV encoders both with IP input, as
well as the 4Manager™ network management and redundancy system.
Supporting an all IP infrastructure, the headend solution provides a
multi-service platform capable of addressing the key devices
targeted by service providers who control both fixed and wireless
networks. The complete solution offers flexible routing, simplified
management and redundancy, requires less space and is easier to
manage and deploy than today’s traditional IPTV and mobile TV
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The 4Stream IP gateway is a dual
receiver and demodulator which feeds IP video networks with video
services coming from satellite, cable, terrestrial networks. Each
one rack unit (1RU) gateway receives encrypted MPEG-2 streams and
can process 2 full transponders, replacing up to 24 professional
decoders. The IP outputs are received by Envivio C4 and/or M2
encoders. The Envivio 4Manager manages and monitors the gateway as
well as other components in the system via a comprehensive web
browser. The new IP gateway will be on display in the Envivio booth
#12105 at NAB2007.
“The Convergence Generation headend with the new 4Stream IP gateway
provides a full end-to-end IP architecture from video reception to
subscribers’ TVs or mobile devices,” said Julien Signès, President
and CEO of Envivio Inc. “The IP headend architecture is a
fundamental milestone for the video compression industry as it meets
the challenges posed by network convergence towards IP and the
demand by merged fixed line and mobile carriers for multiservice
platforms.”
Envivio 4Caster C4 IP Video Encoder, 4Caster M2 Mobile Encoder and
4Manager System are Part of the All-IP Convergence Generation Video
Headend
The Envivio 4Caster C4 is a 1RU multi-channel real time encoder
which fits into an IP-based ecosystem to receive, decode, encode,
and transmit programming via IP. The all-digital processing of
content eliminates the use of traditional intermediate analog or
serial digital interfaces (SDI) between decoders and encoders. The
4Caster C4 supports MPEG-2 Transport Stream over IP input, MPEG-4
AVC/H.264 video and AAC audio encoding and configurable output
resolutions. The type of service and available bandwidth can be
matched with a variety of rate control choices such as constant,
available or capped variable bit rates (CBR, AVR, and VBR) to create
the most efficient compression schemes.
Envivio 4Caster M2 is a multi-rate, multi-resolution and
multi-standard H.263/H.264 mobile TV encoder that outputs eight
simultaneous profiles from a single video input. Now in its third
generation, M2 includes IP statistical multiplexing, WM9 support, IP
input and CAS integration capabilities. M2 delivers video to any
network, including 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G networks, mobile broadcast
networks such as DVB-H, as well as next generation networks such as
Wifi and Wimax. And, M2 offers extensive device support as tested
and verified by Envivio customers and partners and is compatible
with all popular network standards, including 3GPP, 3GPP2, DVB-H and
ISDB-T.
Envivio 4Manager is a robust management system that supervises and
monitors any device throughout the entire network service flow
offering redundancy mechanisms to avoid single points of failure.
Specifically designed to work within the IP transport environment,
4Manager is ideally suited to manage next generation video headends
for mobile TV, IPTV, and Internet TV in addition to traditional
broadcast contribution and distribution networks.
The Convergence Generation headend is ideal for telco environments.
Instead of perpetuating the use of costly and complex broadcast
systems in an IPTV network, the all-IP solution was designed
specifically for IPTV.
About Envivio Inc.
Envivio Inc. is the leading technology provider of MPEG-4-based IP
video convergence solutions for telcos, enterprises, and
broadcasters. Supporting a wide range of network protocols,
resolutions, bit rates and devices, Envivio is the only company to
offer IP video convergence solutions from mobile to HD. In 2007,
Envivio won the Frost and Sullivan Product Innovation award for the
4Caster M2 mobile TV encoder as well as the Entrepreneurial Company
of the Year award in the world digital media infrastructure market.
Envivio solutions deliver industry leading AVC/H.264 compressed
video quality at the lowest bit rate for mobile TV, Internet TV,
broadcast contribution and interactive IPTV. Service providers
worldwide use Envivio solutions to reduce their operational costs
while offering subscribers compelling video services anytime and
anywhere. Visit www.envivio.com for more information.
Envivio is a registered trademark of Envivio Inc. All trademarks
used herein, whether recognized or not, are the properties of their
respective companies. |
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