Envivio and Sezmi Team Up to Demonstrate Multi-Screen TV Solution at NAB 2011
Unique Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Envivio Encoding enables the Sezmi Hybrid TV Platform to Deliver Personalized OTT Video Experiences to Televisions and Mobile Devices
South San Francisco and Belmont, CA(12 Apr 2011)
Envivio, Inc. and Sezmi Corporation today unveiled a demonstration that showcases the Sezmi hybrid broadcast-broadband television platform and the Envivio 4Caster C4 encoding system which together deliver innovative video services for home and mobile TV viewing. NAB 2011 attendees have the exclusive opportunity to receive an in-depth view into how Sezmi, the first company to fully harness the power of hybrid broadcast-broadband delivery, delivers a personalized, multi-screen TV experience and has integrated Envivio encoders to maximize the quality of experience it provides to viewers over existing broadband network infrastructure.
The demonstration hosted on the Envivio booth (SU4306) illustrates the full-featured TV experience that this integrated platform provides subscribers, regardless of their chosen viewing device. Highlights of the Sezmi platform include:
· A highly personalized user experience
· A complete end-to-end multi-screen television platform
· Integration of live, time shifted, on demand, and web content
· Multiscreen access and viewing across devices
· Adaptive streaming to deliver the optimum picture quality over a wide range of bandwidth connections
Envivio’s 4Caster C4 multi-screen encoder enables fully secured delivery of OTT services with integrated encryption, digital rights management and the high quality of experience made possible by the latest adaptive streaming technologies.
“Consumers are ready to get beyond promises,” said Julien Signès, Envivio’s CEO and president. “Armed with powerful new tablets and smartphones, they are ready to take their TV experience with them to enjoy on their own terms, wherever and whenever they want. Using Envivio encoders, Sezmi is setting a high bar for the level of experience consumers can expect from a multi-screen service.”
By working with technology innovators like Envivio, Sezmi has created a multi-screen video infrastructure that makes the next generation of highly-personalized TV services possible today. The Sezmi hybrid television platform takes advantage of Envivio’s flexible encoders to enable service providers to provide their subscribers with an uninterrupted viewing experience despite changing network conditions.
For complete information about the full range of multi-screen delivery solutions from Envivio, including the new Envivio Halo™ Network Media Processor, visitwww.Envivio.com.
For complete information about how you can utilize Sezmi’s hybrid broadcast-broadband television platform to launch a personalized, multi-screen TV service in your market, visit www.Sezmi.com
About Sezmi
Sezmi is the leading global provider of complete broadband-broadcast hybrid television solutions. The Sezmi platform and expertise enable service providers to deliver next generation television services using existing infrastructure—dramatically lowering deployment costs, while delivering all the features today’s customers demand. Sezmi has redefined television by combining a diverse set of video content including live and on-demand TV, movies and internet video in a single easy-to-use product and service.
About Envivio
Envivio is a leader in solutions for multi-screen video-over-IP delivery. We design our solutions to remove the boundaries of traditional television and make the world’s video content universally enjoyable by all viewers, on any device, across any network, at any time. Now in its second decade of developing market-leading video convergence solutions, Envivio has amassed dozens of patents, pioneered video-over-IP methods, and led in the deployment of emerging standards and new technologies. Today Envivio solutions deliver millions of content streams to hundreds of different styles of mobile devices, set top boxes, and PC platforms, on behalf of content owners, telecom operators, cable and satellite companies and mobile service providers throughout the world. Deployment and support are backed by 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 offices worldwide including France, England, China, Singapore and Japan. Envivio is a registered trademark and 4Caster, Envivio Genesis and TV without Boundaries are trademarks of Envivio, Inc. All trademarks used herein, whether recognized or not, are the properties of their respective companies.