Portugal Telecom selects Envivio to power Innovative Internet TV Service

Portugal Telecom (PT) has selected Envivio's three screens delivery platform to support the commercial rollout of MEO@PC-a television service for delivery to PCs. The service relies on Envivio's complete Internet TV solution, including 4Caster C4 encoders configured to deliver content via Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Smooth Streaming and Silverlight, protected with PlayReady DRM, providing subscribers with high quality video and playback delivered over broadband.

Pedro Leitao, board member, Portugal Telecom, said, "Subscribers have been thrilled with the experience offered by our IPTV service. MEO has reached 581,000 clients in less than two years and we want to bring that same MEO experience, enabled by Microsoft MediaRoom, to everyone in Portugal by delivering it over the Internet, reinforcing our multi-platform strategy. Envivio earned our trust during our
Mobile TV rollout, proving that they know how to deliver great quality video service at very low bitrates. The close cooperation between Microsoft and Envivio, particularly in enabling the deployment of PlayReady DRM, brought the whole MEO@PC project together, allowing us to complete it in record time."