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TUŠ TELEKOM Selects Envivio Convergence Encoding Solution to Deliver
IPTV Services
Other Topics:
IPTV Home Networking Certification,
TVoDSL, Digital Home Alliance
Envivio Inc.
December 18, 2007
San Francisco, CA -- Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider
of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today
announced it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend
for TUŠ TELEKOM’s live standard definition (SD) and high definition
(HD) IPTV services in Slovenia. TUŠ TELEKOM will expand its existing
SD IPTV service to 108 channels, add 6 channels of HD content, and
migrate from MPEG-2 to a more efficient Envivio® MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
encoding solution. |
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The Convergence Generation
solution chosen by TUŠ TELEKOM features the 4Caster™ C4 multichannel
video compression system and the 4Stream™ satellite TV to IP
gateway. The C4 encoder is built around a software compression
architecture that allows operators to reconfigure service offerings,
add product features, and update encoding performance without having
to change hardware. 4Stream is an IP-based service gateway that
allows MPEG-2 content downlinked from satellite to be delivered to
the C4 compression system over a local IP network. This all-IP,
all-digital processing of content eliminates the need for
traditional intermediate analog or digital video and audio
interfaces between MPEG-2 decoders and MPEG-4 encoders, resulting in
reduced cost and improved picture quality.
“While Envivio was one of several vendors that showed us high
quality video encoding products, the software based compression
architecture of their C4 offered a unique level of flexibility. It
was the only encoder we saw that included significant video
compression enhancements on the product development roadmap,
enhancements that would allow us to improve the encoding performance
in the future without requiring expensive and disruptive hardware
changes,” said Andras Pali, CTO of TUŠ TELEKOM. “The all-IP
architecture of the headend is also very appealing. Routing and
switching the video signals in IP is very efficient, cost effective
and fits perfectly in to our operational environment.”
“We are very proud to have been selected by TUŠ TELEKOM against some
strong competition to deliver their first MPEG-4 AVC based IPTV
services,” said Julien Signčs, President and CEO of Envivio. “Many
customers, like TUŠ TELEKOM, are beginning to realize that the vast
majority of high end encoders in the market today have almost
identical compression performance. This is because they all use
exactly the same underlying, hardware-based architecture. However,
the software-based architecture used by Envivio offers the same
performance as the competition today, yet provides the ability to
improve that performance in the future through software, not
hardware, upgrades.”
For service providers who must compete in both fixed and mobile
environments, the 4Caster C4 supports the “Three Screens” of
consumer video – TVs, PCs and mobile phones – from the same
platform. Visit www.envivio.com/products/cgs_overview.php to learn
more about the Envivio Convergence Generation series of products.
About TUŠ TELEKOM d.d.
TUŠ TELEKOM d.d. is the largest alternative provider of integrated
telecommunication services on the Slovenian market. The company was
the first telecommunication operator in Slovenia to offer innovative
quadruple play services, which include fast Internet access via xDSL
technologies, IP television, and fixed and mobile telephony,
marketed under the brand names TUŠ TELEKOM and Tušmobil.
State-of-the-art technology and innovative services, however, are
not its only competitive advantages. TUŠ TELEKOM forms part of the
Tuš business system, which, with a growth rate of 16 percent, is one
of the most successful and rapidly growing retailers not only in
Slovenia, but in all of Europe. Besides retail, Tuš international
business system also includes entertainment, recreation, culinary
arts, and energy resources. It has proven its excellence with an
almost 20 percent share of the domestic market, over 3,900
employees, and a yearly realization of more than 600 million Euros.
Visit www.tustelekom.si for more information.
About Envivio Inc.
Envivio Inc. is the leading technology provider
of IP video convergence encoding solutions for telcos, enterprises,
and broadcasters. Envivio is the only company to offer convergence
solutions supporting the “Three Screens” of video – TVs, PCs and
mobile phones – making IP video a reality over any type of network
and to any multimedia device from mobile to HD. Envivio solutions
deliver industry leading AVC (H.264), Windows Media Video (VC-1) and
AVS compressed video quality at the lowest bit rate for mobile TV,
Internet TV, IPTV and broadcast applications. Service providers
worldwide use Envivio solutions to reduce their operational costs
while offering subscribers the most compelling and highest quality
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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