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Envivio
Ships Over 400 4Caster B3 Encoders in Six Months
Other Topics: IPTV Service,
IPTV Content Protection
Envivio, Inc.
April 18, 2006
New Version and Features of Flagship System to be Showcased at
NAB2006
South San Francisco, CA -- Envivio, Inc. announced that it has
shipped over 400 4Caster™ B3 encoding systems for commercial
deployment of IPTV and broadcast contribution applications
worldwide. With the industry’s leading picture quality, the flagship
system has reached a record number of sales since its introduction
six months ago. Applications benefiting from these encoding systems
include IPTV, digital satellite news gathering (DSNG), and live
broadcasting. In the newest version, improved features further
optimize the B3’s compression capabilities and provide enhanced
operator control settings. The new and improved B3 will debut at
NAB2006 and will be showcased in the Envivio booth #SL4403.
New Delhi Television Ltd. Selects 4Caster B3 for DSNG. |
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“We’ve recently equipped our entire fleet of news gathering vehicles
to the new 4Caster B3. We’ve been an Envivio customer since 2003
when we launched the world’s first digital satellite news gathering
network based entirely on MPEG-4 encoding,” said Rahul S. Deshpande,
Chief Technology Officer at New Delhi Television Ltd.
“We’ve always been impressed with the quality of the Envivio
encoders and the new B3 does not disappoint at all. The quality and
features of this encoder are simply outstanding,” commented Dinesh
Singh, Deputy Chief Engineer at New Delhi Television Ltd.
4Caster B3 Delivers Highest Picture Quality Available for IPTV and
Broadcast Applications
Showcased in a number of demonstrations at NAB in the Envivio booth,
the newest version of the B3 contains a firmware upgrade providing
enhanced operator control and new features for optimization. The B3
will be also be demonstrated in the following NAB booths: On Call
Communications in the PanAmSat booth #OE300, SWE-DISH #OE314, and
Verizon Business #SL2403.
The sleek one rack unit (1RU) form factor of the B3 is now available
in either a truck or chassis mount. Firmware upgrades come standard
with newer versions of the encoder and are available for older B3
models. In Picture Quality Rating (PQR) comparisons, the new version
of the B3 required less than half the bit rate to provide the same
quality level as a state-of-the-art MPEG-2 encoder and yielded 20%
improvements over the original B3.
New features of the 4Caster B3 include:
- Enhanced video analysis modules
- New rate controls including
capped variable bit rate (VBR) and average bit rate (ABR) settings
- Low delay mode optimized for sub
2 megabit applications
- Closed captioning support
- Improved B frames coding
- Configurable Type of Service (ToS)
byte
- On the fly bit rate change
The system provides the highest
quality, full resolution video at less than 2 Mbps. B3 offers
broadcasters and IPTV service providers greater processing power for
advanced compression capabilities and noise reduction for bandwidth
constrained applications. Increased bandwidth efficiency combined
with high quality video in lower bit rates, allows broadcasters and
network operators to expand service offerings while optimizing
throughput over their distribution networks. 4Caster B3 delivers the
most complete implementation of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression
techniques available and is ideal for SD broadcast contribution,
distribution and IPTV applications.
About Envivio Inc.
Envivio Inc. is the leading provider of MPEG-4 (including AVC /
H.264) systems that power innovative services for revenue generating
and bandwidth saving applications in the broadcast, mobile,
enterprise and IPTV markets. Service providers using Envivio systems
can reduce their operational costs by making their existing
infrastructure more efficient while offering the highest quality
video services at the lowest possible bit rates. Envivio is
considered the industry expert in producing and delivering MPEG-4
products and systems. More than a pioneer in the development of
MPEG-4 technology, Envivio has created product families that address
specific IP and video delivery requirements to enable the creation
of new applications and services that were before not possible.
Working with leading industry partners, the company's open
standards-based technology and systems are used to deliver complete
end-to-end solutions that range from mobile video services, digital
television over IP, and rich media communications to high definition
television. 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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