While analysts expect IPTV services to generate more than $600 million in 2009, ILC and Envivio Inc. have teamed to help service providers make these predictions a reality.(a) Pairing ILC's network control software MaxView with Envivio's complete line of MPEG-4 encoders, middleware and decoders, the two companies have created solutions that allow service providers to quickly and cost-efficiently rollout and fully manage premium IPTV services such as video on demand (VoD), digital video recording (DVR) and interactive TV (iTV).

"In order to deploy end-to-end broadcast, mobile TV and IPTV solutions, Envivio was seeking a proven, operator-grade, network management system. Integrating our line of MPEG-4 systems with MaxView enables broadcasters and telcos to better manage and assure 24/7 delivery of subscriber services," said Julien Signes, President and CTO of Envivio Inc.

Envivio has deployed a MaxView-managed solution at Japanese satellite broadcaster mbco, the first to deliver digital radio and video programming to mobile subscribers. MaxView's sophisticated network management and automatic redundancy switching combined with Envivio's encoding systems minimizes its bandwidth costs and ensures service availability for mbco.

"Envivio's MPEG-4 systems and solutions complement ILC's broadband network management strategy for service providers," explained ILC President and CEO Richard Graham. "Combining our systems offers broadcasters and telcos open standards-based solutions that can be tailored to their IPTV deployments."

(a)"Telco TV in Mass Deployment Phase," In-Stat, September 2005