Broadcasting and Unicom New Media Co. (BUC), a partnership consisting of China Unicom and broadcaster Liaoning Radio and Television, is constructing a new headend using Envivio 4Caster C4 multi-screen solutions to provide content to a wide variety of Mobile TV, IPTV and Internet TV services across China.
Envivio is a provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions to service providers and content owners worldwide.
Envivio president and CEO Julien Signés said, “BUC is creating a sophisticated, world-class headend that will provide the flexibility to deliver innovative services, while satisfying a variety of market requirements. The type of forward-thinking demonstrated by BUC is driving demand for Envivio headend solutions in China and around the world as operators look to deliver video services to a growing variety of viewing devices.”
The facility is currently being built in Shenyang City and will enable BUC to serve video to all its viewing platforms and distribution partners from a single, unified Envivio headend, dramatically reducing the complexity of the deployment and simplifying management of all its services.
A leader from BUC indicated that for this ambitious multi-screen TV project, a platform was needed that would enable the group to streamline operations by consolidating all services in a single headend. Envivio was chosen both for its experience in innovative deployments and its proven multi-screen platform that delivers the quality subscribers want and the operational elegance BUC required.