Envivio have launched a hardare platform for the delivery of live video feeds to the iPhone. Whist not directly applicable to the device it is interesting to see what is going on with the behind-the-scenes infrastructure. This announcement allows for live streaming of encrypted video to your iPhone.

A typical use could be at an event such as a motor race, horse race, or other sporting event where the live video can be streamed over WiFi or even wireless.

The Envivio press release:

Envivio and Telemak Partner to Provide One Stop Shopping for Mobile TV, Web TV and iPhone Operations

From System Sales to Complete Managed Headend Operations, Offers Solutions to Deliver any Content to any Device

Brussels and Paris – June 23, 2009 – Envivio Inc. and Telemak today announced that the companies have reached an agreement that addresses the content encoding and distribution needs of mobile operators, broadcasters and internet service providers. Under the agreement, Telemak will sell, integrate and support Envivio products to its customers. Telemak is also deploying Envivio mobile TV and web TV headend solutions at its own operations center in Belgium. The installation includes Envivio 4Caster™ C4 convergence encoding solutions and the new Envivio iLiveTV™ solution for the Apple iPhone.