Envivio MPEG-4 Solutions and TUXIA iTV Middleware Demonstrate End-to-End IP Television Platform
Envivio to Demonstrate MPEG-4 Interactive TV Solutions at NAB Conference in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV – April 7, 2003 – Envivio, a leading provider of MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming solutions, and TUXIA, a provider of advanced iTV software platforms, today announced TUXIA’s support of Envivio product with its Linux-based iTV Middleware TASTE for telecom service providers and network operators. TUXIA’s software technology was developed for digital IP-based set-top boxes for broadband streaming, hospitality, and corporate communication markets.
TUXIA’s open standards based iTV solution is a highly customizable and configurable software solution for IP-streaming set-top boxes. By using Linux OS and XML-based GUI on a Mozilla web browser, TUXIA’s componentized TSE platform builder kit shortens the time of development and time-to-deploy, thereby reducing the development cost while providing manufacturers and system integrators with a reusable software platform for multiple customers.
Envivio’s MPEG-4 video broadcast and streaming solution is supported with TUXIA’s “Purple TASTE” implementation, which is integrated into GCT Allwell’s IP-streaming set-top box. The set-top box supports MPEG-4 decoding via Sigma Design’s EM847x MPEG decoder for ISMA-compliant video streaming. Combined, the hardware and software components demonstrate an end-to-end low-bandwidth IP television solution. Envivio’s integrated pieces include the Envivio 4-Caster™, which captures, encodes, and streams live content; the 4-Sight™ video server that supports unicast streaming for media on demand and multicast streaming for media broadcasts; and the Envivio 4-Manager™, a realtime control server that manages multiple encoder and server components within an IP television headend.
“TUXIA’s easy-to-install Purple TASTE implementation is a perfect fit for Envivio’s interactive MPEG-4 headend products such as the Envivio 4-Caster, Envivio 4-Sight, and Envivio 4-Manager, which are configured to integrate with TUXIA’s iTV solution,” said Julien Signes, President and CTO of Envivio. ”We are excited to work with TUXIA and their next-generation IP television platform, which takes the Internet and world of multimedia to the TV screen.”
“TUXIA’s partnership with Envivio, a leading provider of end-to-end MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming solutions, is a logical step for us to provide a digital set-top box software solution for low-bandwidth IP television requirements,” said Franz Hintermayr, Sr. Vice President at TUXIA. “The power of the Envivio MPEG-4 solution allows MPEG-2 quality video and audio streaming over a 1.5 Mbps connection (MPEG-2 requires 3 Mbps minimum), significantly reducing bandwidth and allowing new applications and revenue opportunities.”
About Envivio
Envivio is a leading provider of complete MPEG-4 solutions, which consist of a rich set of integrated streaming media tools and systems including high-performance audio and video, two-dimensional graphics, and animation. The company has established itself as the most experienced creator of high-quality MPEG-4 solutions that enable broadcasters, network operators, and content developers to build new revenue streams and use the efficiencies of delivering content to the full range of MPEG-4 capable devices. The Envivio solution includes various components to create, encode, protect, distribute, and view MPEG-4 content.
About TUXIA
TUXIA develops and markets software for next generation advanced set-top boxes. The core product is the iTV software suite TASTE including middleware that supports functions and components such as Video on demand, PVR, DVD, and web-browsing. All such features are core components for consumer broadband, home entertainment products, hospitality, and corporate communications market segments. The founders of the company have over a decade of experience in the embedded systems market and provide the solid basis from which TUXIA works from. TUXIA has offices in Europe (Augsburg, Germany), the USA (Austin, Texas) and Asia (Hong Kong) to serve it’s customers more effectively. Further information about TUXIA can be found on it’s website www.tuxia.com.
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Envivio, 4-Caster, 4-Manager, and 4-Sight are trademarks of Envivio, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All trademarks used herein, whether recognized or not, are the properties of their respective companies.
Media Contact:
Envivio
Barry Strauss
(650) 243-2718
bstrauss@envivio.com
TUXIA
Franz Hintermayr
(512) 719-7029
franz@tuxia.com
