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| The World’s
Most Advanced Encoding System for Mobile TV |
| Demonstrating its unremitting commitment to empower
a converged IP world, Envivio has introduced its new version
of the 4Caster™ M2, the world’s first and only multi-rate,
multi-resolution and multi-standard encoder that outputs
up to eight simultaneous profiles with live bit rate switching
from a single video input. This comprehensive feature
set makes the M2 the most advanced mobile encoder available
on the market. |
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| See Video
Convergence in Action at IBC2006 and Win a Bluetooth Headset
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| Envivio invites you to witness the latest solutions
for video convergence — a suite of MPEG-4 encoders
— that enable broadcasters, telcos, wireless network
operators, and next generation service providers to direct
video content to any device using the lowest bandwidth
with the highest picture quality available on the market. |
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| INDUSTRY NEWS
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| Researcher:
446 Million Cellphone TV Viewers by 2011 |
| A recent study by IMS Research: Mobile TV “A Complete
Analysis of the Global Market” 2006 Edition forecasts
that by the end of 2011, nearly half a billion people
will be watching TV on their cellular handsets. This growth
is expected to be fueled by greater adoption of digital
broadcast services rather than the cellular network-based
mobile TV subscriptions. |
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| Commentary:
Cost Effective Digital Video is Ready to Change Lives |
| The arrival of cost-effective
digital video technology promises to change our lives
in the same way as digital audio changed the way we listen
to music. Read about the factors leading to the growth
in digital video and the new wave of applications that
it will enable. |
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| IPTV Market
Forecasts Bullish for Next 5 Years |
| Equipment sales, service revenue, subscribers, and service
provider capex are all expected to grow significantly
by 2009, according to the latest market predictions by
Infonetics. With this anticipation of great returns from
IPTV, service providers are investing heavily in IPTV
content and transport infrastructure. |
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| DAB-IP
Mobile TV Standard Approved |
| The European Telecommunications Standards Institute
has revised the digital radio standard DAB allowing it
to be used for the transmission of mobile TV via Internet
protocol (IP). The new standard DAB-IP offers the ability
to provide users with a seamless experience of TV and
radio on their mobile phones. |
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| New Open
Compression Technology will Mean Boom Time for Digital
TV |
| MPEG4 part10, also called H.264 and AVC (Advanced Video
Codec), is an open, global standard that offers twice
the compression of today’s MPEG2 technology allowing
for a multitude of digital channels and also high definition
TV channels. Despite the competition and licensing issues
that are slowing the adoption of H.264, high performance
hardware encoders are being developed by chip vendors
to support the new technology. |
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