Envivio was a software-based video processing and delivery company. It was founded in 2000 in

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by Julien Signes, the president and CEO. In 2015, the company was acquired by Ericsson. In 2019, Ericsson sold its television business unit to One Equity Partners, the resulting company is name
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When founded, Envivio focused on developing technologies supported by the

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standard, a standard for audio and video coding formats and related technology. Envivio was headquartered in

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with offices in

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, Denver (Colorado) and

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History

Envivio was created in 2000 as a spin-off of the

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R&D Labs in San Francisco and Rennes. The co-founders were contributors to the specification and development of

, which is available on most consumer devices. The company holds 17 patents dating as far back as 2000. Envivio

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on April 25, 2012. In September 2015, Envivio was bought by

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. A video from Envivio is used as an MPD steaming example in the dash.js open source DASH web player.

Products

Envivio products include encoders and transcodes, network media Processors, gateways and multiplexers, management systems, quality controls and platforms. The company has been a pioneer in software-based,

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delivery to multiple screens. In 2014, Envivio was contracted to provide

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coverage of the

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for

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, to assist

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in providing 4K coverage of the

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and also to provide the only live multi-screen coverage for

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, and to provide cloud-based video multiscreen transcoding services for Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co. using its Muse software.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Envivio PRISA TV Software companies established in 2000 Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq Companies based in South San Francisco, California 2000 establishments in California Ericsson 2012 initial public offerings 2015 mergers and acquisitions American subsidiaries of foreign companies Software companies of the United States

History

Products

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