Streambox Live Pro Encoder will make its debut at IBC 2011; this enhanced version of Streambox Live will give users the ability to take advantage of uncapped bandwidth, full D1 resolution, and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). With emerging 4G cellular networks, Streambox Live Pro Encoder will utilize more available bandwidth on cellular networks to send professional quality video. Streambox Live Pro enables broadcasters to enhance breaking news stories with ad hoc broadcasting content supplied by a variety of contributors including video journalists and stringers. At the front end, the cornerstone of this scalable software-based solution is the Streambox Live Pro Encoder, which will be made available for download on laptops and desktops to contributors affiliated with broadcast groups and local television stations. Streambox Live Pro is a scalable service that allows broadcasters to capture video from their town, country, or anywhere around the world.
SVC contributing editor Bennett Liles talks with Wayne Pecena of public TV station KAMU at Texas A&M University. Outlined is the station’s use of Streambox video streaming equipment in covering live events on the campus using a mix of full-time technical crew and student assistants.
KAMU, a public broadcasting station operated by Texas A&M University, has chosen the Streambox® SBT3-9300 video transport solution to serve as primary production backhaul for covering live events throughout the campus. KAMU, a PBS affiliate and the official broadcast arm of the university, relies on the Streambox system as a highly reliable and cost-effective method of transmitting high-quality HD-SDI video from many different locations throughout the state.
The Streambox Hybrid HD/SD Software Encoder is now capable of transporting HD video with only one cellular modem due to Verizon’s new 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. On December 5th, 2010, Verizon launched their new 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in 38 cities around the country, including Seattle, home of Streambox headquarters.
Streambox today announced that it has integrated the Streambox® ACT-L3™ Software Encoder with AJA’s Io Express portable audio and video I/O interface. The integration provides a low-cost yet comprehensive field newsgathering solution that enables news crews to capture and edit SDI HD and SD video via the Io Express, and then encode and stream the video files over low-bandwidth networks via the Streambox Software Encoder.
The Streambox® Avenir, the newest member of Streambox’s industry-leading family of mobile video transport and streaming solutions, is now shipping with an expanded feature set to enable high-quality, low-latency, and low-bandwidth IP transport of HD or SD video for broadcast or streaming to the Web and mobile devices. Designed for field newsgathering, sports broadcasting, streaming, and other mobile live and file-based video applications, the battery-operated Avenir enables field reporters to send live or file-based video content over bonded 3G and 4G wireless networks as well as the Internet.
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