Overview
Reporters arriving at the site of a breaking news event need to start broadcasting live fast, but first they need to setup an expensive and cumbersome uplink via their satellite or microwave link…
What if you could uplink via wireless technology, without cables, satellite and microwave links and broadcast on the move – and all at reasonable cost?
LiveU has developed a revolutionary hand-held video uplink device that enables anyone to broadcast live video instantly, anytime, anywhere. This technology provides high-quality, affordable video transmissions over existing wireless infrastructure.
The advantages are clear: easy to use, hi-quality, low-cost and mobile live broadcasting. It enables every professional consumer to create and transmit content anyplace there’s a story worth showing.
TV stations, news agencies and internet portals can utilize LiveU’s technology in the following solutions:
- Commercial TV Broadcasts
- Internet Content Providers
LU60 for Professional News Gathering over Multiple Wireless Networks
LiveU's new LU60 series takes the broadcast-from-anywhere experience to new heights with an abundantly rich feature set for Mobile ENG over multiple wireless networks. The LU60 bonds up to 14 cellular (3G/4G), WiMAX and Wi-Fi modems to provide a resilient, broadcast-quality video uplink, packing the capabilities of an HD Satellite truck into a compact backpack. The LU60 adds new features such as 1080i HD video resolution and super performance even at ultra-low sub-second latency.
Converting Dead Zones to Live Zones
The LU60's built-in, proprietary antenna solution leverages highly advanced RF technology for exceptionally resilient transmission, beyond thecapabilitiesof off-the-shelf aircards. Poor coverage areas that are considered "no-go" zones for cellular operation are transformed into HD transmission opportunities for news gatherers. From bustling streets and underground tunnels to urban high-rise office buildings, shopping malls and congested public events, the LU60 uplink backpack overcomes cellular fading and poor cellular coverage obstacles, taking "anywhere" to a new level.
Full HD
The LU60 uplink solution supports resolutions ranging from CIF (360x240 pixels, Standard Definition) and up to 1080i High Definition. The video is encoded using the high efficiency H.264 profile and then transmitted to the studio. The LU60 comes with either SDI or HDMI and analog video input interfaces together with DV IEEE 1394 Firewire. The LU1000 software on the studio side supports multiple simultaneous SDI or Analog outputs to a TV switcher, as well as a variety of web encoders.
International Roaming
The LU60 offers dual SIM cards per modem as an option. This allows the user to switch between working with a local SIM set in their own home country, to a roaming set when travelling. The roaming set may be the recommended LiveU roaming offering or the user's own roaming set. In CDMA markets, both CDMA and GSM are supported.
Anton Bauer, IDX & Sony V-Mount support
The LU60 series is fully compatible with Anton Bauer, IDX and Sony V-Mount batteries. It supports either single or dual hot-swappable batteries as an integral, cable-free, part of the backpack. The cellular uplink unit can also operate with a direct DC power supply, comes equipped with a built-in ion-lithium battery, and supports additional hot-swappable batteries types. With the variety of power and hot-swapping options available, the LU60 can operate for very long hours without any down-time, supporting even the longest imaginable live events.
Pre-Recorded Upload
Even if you don't require a live feed from the field in every instance, the LU60 is ideal for preparing and uploading footage on the fly. Edit a take and add graphics in the field on your laptop and then uplink the finished file via FTP utilizing the multiple modems of the LiveU system. Also, you can easily upload large amounts or raw footage for studio editors to process.
Simple, Intuitive Control from the Field or Remotely
The LU60 portable uplink system can be easily and fully controlled by a single operator in the field using an intuitive touch-screen interface, and an external touch-screen. Additionally, the unit can be controlled remotely from any computer or using a variety of mobile devices such as iPhone, iTouch, Android, and iPad. The LiveU system also analyzes the data conditions in the field and automatically recommends the most suitable video settings.
Meeting Leading Broadcast Industry Standards
LiveU products support broadcast-quality low-latency transmission, and are compatible with broadcast industry standards such as SDI and analog inputs and outputs, return IFB channels, and more.
Field Production Flexibility
In addition to direct camera inputs, the LU60 can also support inputs from a variety of field editing and switching devices, and therefore support multi-camera productions and real-time field editing.
Platform Flexibility
LiveU's transmission products can be used for either TV or web/mobile transmission, and are compatible with virtually any CDN or live video platform. For more information about LiveU's cellular-based uplink architecture, please visit LiveU's Technology Page.
[ Click HERE For more information on the LU60-HD Video Backpack ]
Compact, Lightweight Device for High-Quality Live Video Transmission over Multiple Cellular Networks
The LU40i offers a ground-breaking high-quality video uplink solution for coverage of events, such as sports, music, advertising, religious, community and corporate sponsorship. The LU40i comes in a substantially smaller form factor and has been specially designed to meet the needs of online media professionals on the move. With this latest product offering, LiveU brings live video capabilities to a far wider audience, ranging from online journalists covering political campaign trails and amateur photographers capturing local community events to students filming their college basketball league.
Portable, Easy-to-Use Solution
Weighing less than 700g (25 oz), the LU40i can be seamlessly connected to, or mounted on, most commercially available cameras (SDI, analog and HDMI). With its integral touchscreen it provides simple yet flexible mechanisms for either local or remote control. The solution provides a hub for multimedia streams, enabling customers to control, process, post-process and distribute video streams easily.
Bonded Uplink
With up to six network connections, the bonded LU40i offers 4G LTE/3G, WiMAX, Wi-Fi and LAN video transmission in a substantially smaller form factor. The LU40i leverages LiveU’s breakthrough algorithms for superior resiliency and sustained video transmission, even when on the move. It also includes versatile encoding capabilities for transmitting high-quality HD/SD video from diverse locations, adapting to dynamic network conditions.
Simple, Intuitive Control from the Field or Remotely
The LU40i portable uplink system can be easily and fully controlled by a single operator in the field using an intuitive touch-screen interface.The LiveU system also analyzes the data conditions in the field and automatically recommends the most suitable video settings.
Platform Flexibility
LiveU's transmission products can be used for either TV or web/mobile transmission, and are compatible with virtually any CDN or live video platform. For more information about LiveU's cellular-based uplink architecture, please visit LiveU's Technology Page.
[ Click HERE For more information on the LU40i Video Bridge ]
The LU-30 is designed for professional TV channels and content providers who wish to transmit hi-quality live video for breaking news, sports events or items from remote locations without the need for costly and bulky satellite or microwave uplink units.
The LU-30 enables live wireless video broadcasts from the field with a light-weight, portable unit. It can be carried by a single camera operator who can transmit at the press of a button.
An LU-1000 server in the broadcast studio receives the live video stream and easily interfaces to the studio transmission equipment.
The cutting-edge LiveU technology utilizes the existing growing wireless 3G/Wi-Fi/and WiMax (future) infrastructure and resolves bandwidth limitations and fluctuations to produce high-quality, broadcast-quality video from any location.
Here are some advantages of the LU-30:
- More teams can be sent out to the field without broadcast vans, flyaways or additional equipment
- The teams can roam freely indoor, outdoor, without line-of-site or mile-long cables
- It is suddenly possible to broadcasting Live while on the move
- Teams can react faster to any newsworthy event wherever and whenever it happens
- The LU-30 provides a uniquely high-capacity file-transfer utility
The LU-30 offers a viable alternative to traditional satellite and microwave uplinks, both in terms of video quality as well as in pricing, immediacy of service, availability and portability.
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Internet Portals & Web TV
The LU-30 is positioned to revolutionize the concept of live TV-video on the Internet.
Web sites are currently limited by the high costs and lack of mobility involved with traditional IP Video solutions. What they all have in common however, is the need for low cost and mobile webcasts and the LU-30 provides exactly that.
Operating with virtually any type of video camera, LiveU’s solution for the web is a powerful enabler, both in terms of pricing as well as video quality, immediacy of service, availability and portability.
You can now increase traffic to your website, providing live content that will captivate your viewers and send your site’s ratings through the roof.
You don’t have to be a top tier news or sports portal to upgrade the width and breadth of your coverage. Most medium and small-size web portals, channels and sites can bring the excitement of live broadcasting directly to their audiences.
LU-30’s affordability and ease-of-use means that now all types of live, newsworthy or human interest events can be captured and broadcasted directly on the web. Imagine broadcasting local news and sports, political rallies, rock concerts, family celebrations and special interest events of all kinds.
LiveU coupled with the ubiquity of the Internet can transform the concepts of live and video on the web today.
The LU-30 is in use today in coverage of sporting and other newsworthy events, both local and nationwide.
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