Envivio 4Caster C4 Three Screens Encoder Tops Field to Win TelcoTV 2008 Vision Award

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, today announced that it has been awarded the prestigious 2008 TelcoTV Vision Award for its 4Caster C4 Three Screens multi-channel, multi-profile encoder for IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV applications. Selection was spearheaded by a panel of industry experts who sought to identify the year’s most innovative product among all encoding technologies for mobile or terrestrial applications. The award was received at a ceremony held during this week’s TelcoTV 2008 conference in Anaheim, California.

“I congratulate Envivio, for its vision and leadership in the encoding space”

“I congratulate Envivio, for its vision and leadership in the encoding space,” said Joe Braue, SVP and Group Director, Light Reading. “Our panel of judges was impressed with the 4Caster C4’s ability to output live content to multiple screens and its proven interoperability with all video enabled mobile handsets, common PC players and IPTV set-top boxes.”

The 4Caster C4 convergence encoding system is the world’s first to provide video compression for all Three Screens of consumer video – TVs, PCs and mobile devices – on a single platform. Designed to enable fixed line and mobile network operators to deliver content simultaneously across the full range of consumer devices, the 4Caster C4 is able to take multiple channels of content and encode them simultaneously to deliver multiple mobile TV profiles, multiple Internet TV profiles, or SD and HD IPTV profiles.

During this week’s TelcoTV 2008 event, Envivio also announced that the 4Caster C4 has been qualified by the Microsoft Mediaroom Interoperability and Qualification Lab (IQ Lab), a program designed to ensure long-term interoperability and compliance of encoders and other critical components intended to support deployments of the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform.

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