Envivio has unveiled an HEVC Early Access Program for customers planning a move to the new HEVC (H.265) encoding.
The company is offing the technology as part of live and on demand applications on both new installations or as a software upgrade for Envivio Muse customers running their encoding services on the latest generation Envivio 4Caster G4 appliance or HP blade servers. Initial HEVC software deployments are expected to begin with selected customers in Q2 2013.
Envivio has teamed with the semiconductor provider Broadcom to work on HEVC encoder and decoder interoperability to have a proven solution available ahead of commercial market deployments.
The two are planning a demonstration at NAB 2013 featuring HEVC streams in HD encoded by Envivio Muse and decoded by the Broadcom BCM7445.
“Our collaboration with Envivio speeds time-to-market for operators seeking to implement the latest codec standards. Together, we are able to enhance the user experience, both for multi-screen and with the future addition of Ultra HD 4K video, which take the in-home HD viewing experience to a whole new level,” said John Gleiter, vice president of marketing for set top products for Broadcom.
“HEVC offers a number of advantages for operators, most immediately in enabling a high definition experience for multi-screen and OTT at bit-rates that meet the bandwidth requirements for those services,” said Julien Signès, president and CEO of Envivio. “Our software-based approach simplifies deployment for our customers, as they can migrate to HEVC via a simple license upgrade. In addition, working closely with Broadcom on interoperability ensures that operators can confidently deploy reliable and high quality HEVC services in the near future.”
It is anticipated that the HEVC standard will achieve a bandwidth reduction of up to 50%.