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Digita Chooses Envivio Encoding for
New DVB-H Mobile TV Service in Finland
Other Topics: IPTV
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Envivio Inc.
August 13, 2009
Envivio Mobile Series
Encoders Underpin High Quality Mobile Broadcast Service for Finnish
Mobile Network Operators
San Francisco, CA -- Envivio Inc., the leading provider of IP video
convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced
that its Mobile Series™ video encoding platform has been installed
by Digita Oy. Digita Oy, which is owned by France's TDF, is
Finland's leading distributor of radio and television services. The
Envivio platform is being put to immediate use to deliver ten
channels of high quality, DVB-H encoded, free-to-air and pay-tv
mobile television to be offered by mobile operators in Finland's top
markets. Plans are in place to expand the platform with additional
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"Encoding may be just one of
several components required to deliver a mobile television service,"
said Marianne Hynninen, Vice President, Mobile TV with Digita Oy,
"but, it plays a critically important role in ensuring that the
service delivers the superior quality of experience that will
attract and retain subscribers. The timetable for building our
headend and launching the service was very short—less than sixty
days. Having access to Envivio's professional services team with its
broad mobile TV experience, as well as Envivio's proven success at
integrating with the network components we have in place enabled us
to complete the deployment on schedule. It turns out that our trust
was well placed."
The Digita MobileTV service currently provides two TV-channels and
three visual radio channels. Negotiations are underway to get more
content to the DVB-H network. Currently indoor network coverage
reaches 40 % of the Finnish population. All broadcast channels are
encoded in real-time using the Envivio 4Caster M2-based encoding
platform protected by a 4Manager N+M automated redundancy system.
"Evidence from around the world shows that it is the operators who
have focused on service quality when building their headends who
have enjoyed the most success with their mobile TV services," said
Richard Stanfield, COO with Envivio. "The Digita team's attention to
these details in planning their DVB-H system provides a perfect
blueprint for the proper way to build such a system."
Mobile TV Encoding from Envivio
The Envivio 4Caster M2 mobile TV encoder delivers high quality
encoded video with up to eight output profiles per channel. Like all
Envivio 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 N+M automatic redundancy
configuration to deliver the carrier grade service availability now
being demanded by mobile TV operators.
About Digita Oy
Digita Oy (http://www.digita.fi,
http://www.mobiilitv.fi) is the leading Finnish distributor of radio
and television services, and an important developer of data
communication networks and network infrastructure. Digita's
nationwide organisation ensures the high quality of services 24
hours a day. Digita's customers include television and radio
broadcasting companies, as well as mobile and broadband operators.
About Envivio Inc.
Envivio Inc. is a leading
technology provider of IP video convergence solutions for operators
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. 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.
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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