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Portugal Telecom Enhances MEO Mobile Service Using Envivio Mobile TV
Encoding Platform
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BUSINESS WIRE
October 27, 2008
Envivio Mobile Series Encoders Used to Increase Channel Line Up,
Expand VOD Offering and Enhance End User Experience
South San Francisco, CA – Envivio Inc., the leading technology
provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to
HD, today announced that its Mobile Series™ video encoding platform
has been installed by MEO Mobile – the mobile TV service from the
mobile network subsidiary of Portugal Telecom. MEO Mobile has used
the Envivio platform to upgrade and expand its mobile streaming
service, enabling it to deliver 37 channels of high quality
broadcast TV, as well as a wide variety of Video On Demand (VOD)
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Portugal Telecom is the
dominant mobile network operator in Portugal with over 6 million
subscribers. The MEO Mobile service has been in operation since mid
2006 and has a large existing subscriber base which has benefited
from the recent service enhancement.
“We are very excited about the future of MEO Mobile. After operating
our service for over two years we can see that demand is definitely
there,” said Vera Pinto Pereira, Head of Marketing at Portugal
Telecom. “This new solution from Envivio has improved the viewing
experience for our users by delivering better video quality and
higher service reliability. We are confident that our investment in
the upgrade of our encoding platform will pay back very quickly
through higher levels of service adoption and customer retention.”
The MEO Mobile service now delivers 23 live channels and 14 playlist
channels, all featuring the National and International news, sports
and entertainment content that subscribers are accustomed to
watching on their home TVs. In addition, Portugal Telecom´s mobile
network provides a VOD service which allows subscribers easy
on-demand access to highlights of popular broadcast programming, as
well as movies and TV shows. All broadcast channels are encoded into
multi-profile streams in real-time using an Envivio 4Caster M2-based
encoding platform protected by a 4Manager M:N automated redundancy
system. All on demand content is created using Envivio 4Coder Mobile
SE offline encoders integrated with a content ingest and playout
server.
Local system integration specialists Satcab provided project
management services, ensuring a smooth transition from the
previously used software encoders to the Envivio hardware-based
encoding platform.
Tier 1 Mobile TV Encoding Platform
Designed for use by Tier 1 mobile TV service providers, the Envivio
4Caster M2 mobile TV encoder delivers high quality 3GPP encoded
video with up to eight output profiles per channel. Like all 4Caster
encoders, M2 combines a high availability hardware platform with an
embedded software encoding core, providing levels of service
flexibility and performance upgradeability not found in traditional
video compression platforms. As with all Mobile Series™ products
from Envivio, M2 interoperates with all the major streaming servers,
software players and mobile devices commonly used for mobile TV
streaming. M2 can be combined with the Envivio 4Manager headend
management system in an M:N automatic redundancy configuration to
deliver the carrier grade service availability now being demanded by
mobile TV operators.
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 consumer 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
IPTV, Internet TV, mobile TV 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
http://www.envivio.com for more information.
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