April 2011 – Page 929 – Sheet Music Daily

Envivio Introduces Halo Network Media Processor, Optimizing Delivery of Multi-Screen Content for TV Everywhere

April 13, 2011/in Broadcast Engineering /by wyntin.bald

Leverages the Envivio Genesis Mezzanine Format to Reduce Costs and Complexity

while Delivering High Quality Premium TV Services to a Wide Array of Viewing Devices

South San Francisco, CA – April 7, 2011 – Envivio, a leading provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions, today introduced the new Envivio Halo™ Network Media Processor (NMP), a powerful complement to 4Caster™ C4-based multi-screen TV headends. Installed at the edge of the core video delivery network, Halo NMPs provide protected video that is formatted for further distribution to smartphones, tablets, connected TVs, and PCs. Envivio will formally announce the Halo NMP to the public at NAB 2011, April 11-14, in booth SU4302.

“Envivio’s new Halo NMP is a flexible, powerful solution to the challenge of developing multi-screen TV services in a landscape with a constantly growing variety of devices and networks,” said Julien Signès, Envivio’s president (more…)

RAI Television of Italy Advances High-Definition Production and Distribution Operations With Hitachi SK-HD1000 and EFP Cameras

April 13, 2011/in Broadcast Engineering /by mpanayi

FRANKFURT, Germany — April 12, 2011 — Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe today announced that RAI Television Corporation of Italy has selected Hitachi’s state-of-the-art high-definition (HD) television cameras to upgrade its digital studios and facilities throughout Italy. By completion of the project, RAI will take delivery of more than 150 Hitachi SK-HD1000 studio and EFP cameras and provide Italian and global television audiences with superior-quality HD content production and distribution. (more…)

Envivio 4Caster C4 Propels Launch of Prisa TV’s New DIGITAL+ OTT Service

April 13, 2011/in Broadcast Engineering /by wyntin.bald

Envivio 4Caster C4 Propels Launch of Prisa TV’s New DIGITAL+ OTT Service

High Quality Video, Exceptional Performance and Tight Integration with Nagravision’s

Persistent Rights Management Content Security System are Powerful Combination for Premium Services

South San Francisco, CA – April 12, 2011 – Envivio, a leading provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions, announced today that its 4Caster C4 multi-profile video encoders are delivering the high-quality content driving the new “DIGITAL+ a la carta” and “DIGITAL+ Videoclub” over the top (OTT) video on demand and linear TV service from Prisa TV, the leading pay-TV operator in Spain. DIGITAL+ a la carta and DIGITAL+ Videoclub are presently offering an extensive VOD library to the operator’s satellite subscribers and its most popular live TV channels will become available during the coming months.

“Our goal is to provide our customers with outstanding content and the same high (more…)

NAB Show Goes Live and On-Demand Online with Digital Rapids Transcode Manager and TouchStream

April 13, 2011/in Broadcast Engineering /by Essamjefri

April 13, 2011 — NAB Show, Las Vegas, Booth SL6010: Digital Rapids – the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences — is providing the encoding capabilities powering live and on-demand video of the 2011 NAB Show on the official show website, www.nabshow.com. Expanding upon the on-demand content featured on the site during previous events, the NAB Show is for the first time featuring official daily webcasts, live from the show floor. The automated, high-performance Digital Rapids Transcode Manager software is being used in the production of on-demand content for the third consecutive year, while the TouchStream portable live streaming appliance is being used for encoding and streaming of the live webcasts. (more…)

RadiantGrid Introduces Preparation Workflow Module at the 2011 NAB Show

April 13, 2011/in Broadcast Engineering /by aaron5678

Integration of Cinnafilm and Linear Acoustic Plug-ins Prepare File Before Transcode

LAS VEGAS, NV, APRIL 11, 2011 — RadiantGrid Technologies, the developer of leading-edge transcoding, transformation and New Media Automation™ service platforms, is introducing its Preparation Workflow Module for the RadiantGridTM Platform at the 2011 NAB Show (Booth SU3725). With this new module, users will now have access to Cinnafilm® and Linear Acoustic video and audio processing to aid with intelligent preparation of files prior to transcoding. (more…)