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100 Saturday 14.09.13 theibcdaily Quality of experience
HEVC promises bandwidth efficiency benefits for both mobile and traditional TV services says Julien Signès, President & chief executive officer, Envivio
4K/Ultra HD and HEVC are proving to be hot topics at this year’s IBC show, and with good reason. The picture quality achievable for the big screen with 4K is amazing, and HEVC promises benefits for both mobile and traditional TV services in improving bandwidth efficiency and quality. Envivio is focused on
enabling operators to utilise these advanced technologies to deliver the highest quality, most personalised user experience for viewers. Our approach, unique in the industry, is based on software encoding and video processing solutions deployed on Intel-based appliances or industry-standard blade servers in a datacenter or cloud infrastructure. Why software? The
versatility and upgradeability of a software-based headend architecture is ideal for today’s constantly evolving video
services – from encoding Ultra HD content for delivery to the big screen to adaptive bitrate streaming on mobile devices. With the advancements in
CPU technology from Intel, operators no longer need to rely on custom hardware platforms for intensive tasks like encoding and transcoding. In fact, at Envivio we are realising continuous quality and density enhancements as we utilise the latest generation Intel processors and implement ongoing improvements in our video processing algorithms. In fact, our technology is now denser and less expensive than most dense hardware platforms, and just as reliable. The result is a high
performance solution that helps operators optimise bandwidth efficiency and lower CapEx/OpEx, while providing flexibility and an easy upgrade path as operators want to add new services or deliver
hard at work implementing the codec to bring these advances to our customers. We are already seeing exciting results in field trials and expect live services to be launched in the coming months. At this IBC you can see a
demonstration of pristine 4K Ultra HD video encoded in HEVC format; we invite you to stop by our booth and check it out. It’s become clear over the
Julien Signès: ‘HEVC is expected to improve bandwidth efficiency by up to 50%’
features to market at an ever quickening pace. HEVC is expected to
improve bandwidth efficiency by up to 50%, while enhancing video quality on big and small screens alike. The standard was completed earlier this year, and at Envivio, we have been
DSNG antenna needs no specialist coachbuilding
Sematron By Ian McMurray
A fully certified Eutelsat 1.5m vehicle mount antenna, with full auto-pointing and capacity for 1:1 400W HPAs, is now being offered by Sematron. The RM150 is a DSNG antenna designed, says the company, for today’s modern
news gathering professionals. The antenna is constructed with a high gain carbon fibre reflector and mode matched feed and rotary joints.
It has been designed for easy installation onto most vehicles, with no invasive coachbuilding required. This, says Sematron, makes the RM150 excellent value for all new projects and retro-fit applications. Other features include full
Eutelsat characterisation for manual and auto-pointing operation; up to 400W 1:1 TWT capacity; 440˚ Azimuth, 5˚-90˚ elevation; and inclined orbit option. 1.A78
No coach required: The RM150 is a fully certified Eutelsat 1.5m vehicle mount antenna with full auto-pointing
past few years that viewers want to watch their TV anytime, on any device. But the next step in a personalised video experience is just as exciting. Envivio is adding
functionality to our software that makes the multi-screen user experience more personal with time-shifted TV, start-over, catch up and network DVR on all screens. Other new capabilities including customised playlists and targeted ad insertion are also
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available, to bring personalisation to an individual user level and facilitate the monetisation of multi-screen services. In addition to the ongoing
codec updates that optimise bandwidth efficiency and channel/service density, our software-based approach for live or on-demand video encoding and processing also enables service providers to lower CDN costs and reduce operational expenditures. For instance, our latest
on-demand transcoding solution improves compression efficiency by 20% compared to hardware-based encoders in our internal testing, resulting in immediate network cost and storage savings. Integrated quality control checking of the video input and output lowers OpEx by fully automating the process, while use of mezzanine adaptive transport stream formats for output storage results in significant storage savings and simplifies operations. Software. It’s the next big
thing. 1.D73
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