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Using our encoding technology as a foundation, Envivio provides complete solutions that take advantage of modern networks to deliver live and on demand video services to consumers. At any moment, Envivio solutions are delivering millions of content streams to hundreds of different styles of mobile phones, set top boxes, as well as PC platforms.
Content owners including the creators of online shows, studios, and TV networks look to Envivio to enable them to directly reach their viewing audience over the Internet. Hundreds of telecomm operators, cable and satellite companies and mobile service providers in every market in the world rely on Envivio to provide their subscribers with seemingly endless channel variety and on demand viewing options.
The common denominator among all is the need to maximize their viewers’ Quality of Experience. Whether you are watching a two-inch mobile phone screen or a 100-inch high definition TV, Envivio ensures that video plays smoothly, without interruption and takes full advantage of the device’s display capability.
Envivio achieves this by putting the most research and development effort into compression technology because we believe that video quality and compression efficiency can always be improved. With the most complete range of compression codecs on the market, from standard H.264 through the exclusive Elite and Extreme codecs developed in our labs, Envivio is able to optimize the viewing experience for every device on every network. Progress is a constant in our labs, so we design our 4Caster and other encoder/transcoder systems to take advantage of the latest developments through easily implemented software updates.
Since change also comes from the outside, Envivio emphasizes flexibility in all of its products to help its customers stay ahead of changing technology and business requirements. Envivio hardware reconfigures easily to serve any consumer screen. Regular software enhancements add support for the latest devices. Specialized software options customize the headend to support the premium features consumers want. Built-in support for multiple codecs and resolutions enables a single headend to serve any combination of mobile, PC and traditional TV screens..
Envivio supports all of its customers, from installations of a single encoder to major headends with multiple hundreds of managed systems, with a global staff that is familiar with local technical, regulatory and market guidelines encountered around the world. Envivio is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and has a worldwide presence with offices in New York, New York; London, England; Rennes, France; Beijing, China; and Tokyo, Japan.
Advances in smartphones and other mobile devices are turning handhelds into full entertainment platforms.
This presents wireless carriers with a compelling new revenue stream, enables execution of three screen TV strategies, and creates an opportunity for content producers and owners to expand their distribution channels through direct access to the consumer. Envivio Mobile TV solutions enable them to take advantage of those opportunities by delivering advanced applications such as Live TV, VoD, Catch-up TV to consumers across a wide range of devices.
The proliferation of broadband access is dramatically changing consumer viewing habits. Broadband-connected devices are capturing a rising percentage of consumer entertainment hours.
Content owners can now access their audience directly, using HTTP protocols to deliver programming “over the top” of existing networks. The interactivity and intelligence-gathering capabilities of IP networks enable compelling, enhanced services that challenge incumbent TV service models.
Today's TV consumer expects entertainment to adapt to their schedule and, thanks to the increasing availability of choices on mobile phones and the web, to conform to their device and location of choice.
Envivio On Demand solutions enable operators to turn a subscriber's recorded content into premium on-demand assets that can be made available to mobile and PC screens for later viewing, on the go.
