Company to Feature a Portfolio of Software Video Solutions: Live 10-bit 4Kp60 HEVC Streaming, Extended DRM support, Smart Cloud DVR, and Targeted Ad Insertion
- Including the New Envivio Nuage? Cloud-Based Video Service -
Envivio Will Present ‘Monetizing Multi-Screen Video through the Cloud’
at the IBC Cloud Solutions Theatre
South San Francisco, CALIF., Sept. 9, 2014 – Envivio (NASDAQ: ENVI) today announced it will showcase its latest advancements in video processing, delivery and personalization for pay TV operators worldwide including Envivio Nuage?, the world’s most advanced end-to-end, cloud-based video solution, at IBC 2014, Sept. 12–16, in Amsterdam, on stand 1.D73. Envivio will also present ‘Monetizing Multi-Screen Video through the Cloud’ at the IBC Cloud Solutions Theatre on Sat. Sept. 13 at 10 a.m.
Envivio’s Vice President-Products and Solutions Boris Felts commented, “We are excited to share the latest software innovations in video processing, delivery and personalization with pay TV operators from around the world at IBC. We look forward to discussing with them our many successful case studies, including live 4K video in HEVC at the 2014 World Cup for Globosat, multi-screen time shifting and targeted advertising, as well as sharing our fully virtualized video solution Envivio Nuage - a must-see for video service providers.”
Video processing
Envivio will showcase advanced innovations in video processing with Muse™ 4.0 and Guru™ 4.50, the latest releases of Envivio’s award-winning compression and management software:
- Video compression and preprocessing improvements in MPEG-2, AVC and HEVC to reclaim bandwidth in satellite, cable or broadcast distribution and address the newest breed of live and on-demand OTT services in 1080p60 and Ultra HD.
- Live stream switching, a new function allowing seamless video switching between sources at a scheduled time. Operators can now streamline their ad replacement or content black-out workflows.
- Guru Service view, an innovative interface allowing operators to monitor all their services at once, and explore each video service workflow separately.
Also, Envivio will demonstrate live 10-bit Ultra-HD HEVC to Sagemcom and Technicolor set-top boxes, and MPEG-DASH streaming to Samsung Ultra HD connected TV sets.
With its partner Dolby, Envivio will also showcase the future of broadcast, combining Dolby AC-4 and HEVC for high efficiency audio and video processing.
In addition, Envivio is providing Ultra HD HEVC content to several partners for their demonstrations at the show, including:
• Broadcom (stand 2.C25)
• Irdeto (stand 1.D51)
• Mstar Semiconductor (stand 2.C33)
• Netgem (stand 5.B45)
• Sagemcom (stand 1.D41)
• Sigma Designs (stand 2.C35)
• STMicroelectronics (stand 1.F40)
• ViXS – demonstration of live 10-bit 4K/60p HEVC video delivered using MPEG-DASH to an OTT set-top box powered by its partner ViXS Systems’ XCode 6400 SoC (stand 3.A12)
Video Delivery
Significant improvements will also be showcased in multi-screen delivery, with the latest functional additions in Envivio Halo™:
- Increased DRM support, with the addition of Microsoft PlayReady, Adobe Primetime DRM, Cisco NDS VideoGuard Connect across multiple streaming protocols.
- Multi-CDN origin server, reducing operator costs in storage and management.
- Increased software efficiency for live and dynamic packaging, reducing the footprint required for live and on-demand services delivery.
Video Personalization
In order to make content consumption even more appealing to consumers and increase operator monetization from these services, Envivio is introducing new innovative applications in its portfolio:
- Smart Cloud DVR: with its partners Wildmoka and Wyplay, Envivio will demonstrate a program-accurate Cloud DVR service across multiple devices. The demonstration combines Cloud DVR technology from Envivio, automatic program boundary recognition and chaptering from Wildmoka and Frog by Wyplay, the middleware solution for set-top-boxes and connected devices.
- Seamless real-time ads targeting: Envivio along with Wildmoka and Wyplay will demonstrate how broadcasters can make Personal TV even more personal, enabling them to dynamically replace, automatically and in real-time, the ads in a program by targeted ads. The solution can perform automatic ad detection and does not require any specific device integration.
- Premium multi-screen VOD services: Envivio and Civolution, the industry reference in content forensic watermarking, have developed a joint solution allowing distributors to put a unique watermark for each distributed content without requiring any specific client device integration.
Envivio Nuage?
A virtualized, software-as-a-service (SAAS) video solution, Envivio Nuage manages content for live and on-demand video - from content acquisition to the consumer - on any screen. Envivio Nuage encompasses all the technology offered by Envivio for video processing, video delivery and personalization, along with client application creation. It operates as a service on private, operator-owned networks, on the public cloud, or in hybrid environments.
