Televisa Deploys High Quality MPEG-4 Systems From Envivio for Digital Satellite News Gathering

Televisa Deploys High Quality MPEG-4 Systems From Envivio for Digital Satellite News Gathering

FIFA World Cup and Mexican Presidential Election Broadcast Via 4Caster (TM) B3 Encoders

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Envivio Inc. announced that Grupo Televisa, S.A. ("Televisa"; NYSE: TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) selected its standard definition encoders and decoders for Televisa's digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) operations. By deploying the high quality MPEG-4 compression and decompression systems in news vans, and fixed and flyaway configurations, Televisa enhanced image quality while requiring less than one half of the previous bit rate used for each transmission stream. Televisa recently used the Envivio encoders to broadcast the 2006 presidential election in Mexico and the FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Televisa is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world and is a major player in the international entertainment business. Its three national television networks, Channels 2, 5 and 9, are comprised of 225 stations nationwide, and reach 99% of Mexico's television households with 74% of the television audience share.

"We selected the Envivio systems after testing and comparing them with other systems on the market. The picture quality of the Envivio systems far surpassed its competition," said William Aguirre, Director of Satellite Operations for Televisa. "Using the Envivio systems to lower the bit rates for each transmission stream, we can double the number of simultaneous transmissions over the same satellite bandwidth."

Maintaining picture quality while lowering bit rates were key goals for Televisa when selecting MPEG-4 systems for news contribution feeds. With the Envivio systems, Televisa is now encoding at 2 Mbps, providing considerable bandwidth savings over their previous MPEG-2 solution which was operating at 5 Mbps. At present, Televisa has deployed 40 of the Envivio(R) Broadcast Series standard definition (SD) 4Caster(TM) B3 encoders and 10 4View(TM) D1 professional decoders.

About Televisa

Grupo Televisa, S.A., is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world and a major participant in the international entertainment business. It has interests in television production and broadcasting, production of pay television networks, international distribution of television programming, direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable television, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports and live entertainment, feature film production and distribution, and the operation of a horizontal Internet portal. Grupo Televisa also owns an unconsolidated equity stake in Univision, the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States, and in La Sexta, a free-to-air television venture in Spain.

About Envivio Inc.

Envivio Inc. is the leading technology provider of IP-based MPEG-4 video systems and solutions for telcos, enterprises, and broadcasters. Supporting a wide range of devices and delivery networks, Envivio is the only company to offer video convergence solutions from mobile to HD including mobile video services, video to the desktop, video-on-demand, and interactive IPTV. Envivio offers industry leading AVC/H.264 compressed video quality at the lowest bit rate for mobile TV, PC streaming, standard definition, and high definition television deployments. Service providers worldwide use Envivio systems to reduce their operational costs while offering subscribers compelling video services anytime and anywhere. Visit www.envivio.com for more information.

NOTE: Envivio is a registered trademark of Envivio Inc. All trademarks used herein, whether recognized or not, are the properties of their respective companies.

CONTACT:
Dawn Danaher
Media Relations for Envivio Inc.
Aries MarketMasters
+1-714-378-5841
pr@envivio.com

Source: Envivio Inc.

CONTACT: Dawn Danaher, Media Relations of Aries MarketMasters,
+1-714-378-5841, or pr@envivio.com, for Envivio Inc.

Web site: http://www.envivio.com/

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