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F O R M 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2009
RADVISION LTD.
(Name of Registrant)
24 Raoul Wallenberg Street, Tel Aviv 69719, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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RADVision Ltd.
6-K Items
1. Press release re RADVISION to Bring Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
Technology to SCOPIA Conferencing Platform dated April 21, 2009.
ITEM 1
Press Release Source: RADVISION Ltd.
RADVISION to Bring Scalable Video Coding (SVC) Technology to SCOPIA
Conferencing Platform
RADVISION to Demonstrate Scalable Video Coding at Wainhouse Research
Collaboration Futures Summit
On Tuesday April 21, 2009, 3:00 am EDT
BERLIN & TEL AVIV--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RADVISION(R) Ltd. (Nasdaq: RVSN - News), a
leading provider of video network infrastructure and developer tools for unified
visual communications over IP, 3G and emerging next-generation IMS networks,
today announced plans for the implementation of scalable video coding technology
based on H.264 SVC to its SCOPIA conferencing platform.
H.264 SVC is an extension to the popular H.264 video standard that is used by
most video conferencing devices today. SVC technology allows video conferencing
devices to send and receive multi-layered video streams composed of a small
base layer and optional additional layers that enhance resolution, frame rate
and quality. The layering capability of scalable coding provides a dramatically
higher degree of error resiliency and video quality than can be provided by
conventional video coding without a significant increase in bandwidth
requirements. Additionally, a single multi-layer SVC video stream can support a
broad range of devices and networks.
RADVISION will introduce SVC technology into components of the SCOPIA
conferencing platform during 2009. RADVISION's approach will provide all the
benefits of very high error resiliency while maintaining full interoperability
and high quality with current room video conferencing systems and telepresence
solutions that are not currently using SVC.
Some of the benefits of this solution include:
o Maintaining high quality calls to and from remote conference
participants such as teleworkers, customers or suppliers who connect
to the call over the public Internet where connections can be
problematic with packet loss and limited bandwidth.
o Desktop to desktop calling will receive a high quality experience even
if the network conditions or client capabilities are limited.
o Distributed networks of interconnected video conferencing MCUs will
connect to each other utilizing SVC to enable better connections
between the MCUs, even if the network paths are prone to errors.
"RADVISION's scalable video coding implementation enhances video conferencing
deployments without sacrificing any support or compromise of quality to existing
deployments. This is critical given that the majority of video conferencing
endpoints will continue using conventional H.264 for the foreseeable future,"
said Yair Wiener, CTO at RADVISION. "SVC holds great promise and our future
developments will be based on market requirements and joint efforts with our
partners as they enable their systems to utilize the SVC technology."
"We're pleased to see RADVISION be one of the first videoconferencing vendors to
leverage scalable video coding (SVC) technology," said Ira Weinstein, senior
analyst and partner, Wainhouse Research. "The use of SVC can significantly
improve the quality and consistency of a videoconferencing experience,
especially when running over unmanaged IP networks like the public Internet.
Furthermore, by adding SVC support to its SCOPIA conferencing platform,
RADVISION is able to offer the benefits of SVC to SCOPIA desktop participants
during calls that include group video systems."
RADVISION will be demonstrating the benefits of scalable video coding technology
at the Wainhouse Research Collaboration Futures Summit in Berlin, Germany, April
22nd to 23rd.
About RADVISION
RADVISION (Nasdaq: RVSN - News) is the industry's leading provider of
market-proven products and technologies for unified visual communications over
IP, 3G and IMS networks. With its complete set of standards-based video
networking infrastructure and developer toolkits for voice, video, data and
wireless communications, RADVISION is driving the unified communications
evolution by combining the power of video, voice, data and wireless - for high
definition video conferencing systems, innovative converged mobile services, and
highly scalable video-enabled desktop platforms on IP, 3G and emerging
next-generation IMS networks. For more information about RADVISION, visit
www.radvision.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general
business conditions in the industry, changes in demand for products, the timing
and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time
in RADVISION's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, including
RADVISION's Form 20-F Annual Report. These documents contain and identify other
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements. Stockholders
and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are
made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statement.
Contact:
Corporate:
RADVISION(R) Ltd.
Adi Sfadia, +1 201-689-6340
Chief Financial Officer
cfo@radvision.com
or
Media Relations:
Dukas Public Relations
Sean Carney/ Todd Barrish, +1 212-704-7385
sean@dukaspr.com / todd@dukaspr.com
or
Investor Relations:
Comm-Partners LLC
June Filingeri, +1 203-972-0186
junefil@optonline.net
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
RADVISION LTD.
(Registrant)
By: /s/Rael Kolevsohn
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Rael Kolevsohn
Corporate Vice President and General Counsel
Date: April 30, 2009