Press Release: Graphic

Image Technologies

announces the release of

TVU One – a compact

mobile All-In-One IP video

transmission solution

TVU One delivers the same quality and performance of the industry standard full sized TVUPack in a dramatically smaller package without compromise April 2015 Graphic Image Technologies, local distributor of TVU Networks solutions in South Africa, has announced TVU One, the fifth generation live mobile IP newsgathering transmitter. TVU One represents a significant leap forward in mobile newsgathering, delivering the same industry-leading transmission resiliency and performance, video picture quality and sub-second latency of a full-size backpack transmitter, but in a more than 90% smaller and ultra-lightweight form factor. With TVU One, broadcasters can fully leverage the versatility that a small, lightweight IP video transmitter brings in the field without sacrificing performance, feature functionality or picture quality. “As mobile IP newsgathering has become the norm, broadcasters demand that transmission equipment becomes smaller and lighter without sacrificing performance or video quality. TVU One meets those demands and delivers a small, powerful solution that extends a broadcasters’ ability to capture and deliver live shots from more locations than ever before while maintaining the same powerful performance and rich feature set that has made TVUPack the industry standard for IP transmission from the field. With TVU One, the television broadcast industry no longer has to sacrifice performance for size,” says Paul Shen, CEO, TVU Networks. “The TVU One solution is ideal for news-gatherers requiring to take footage on the move with minimal equipment hampering their movements. TVU One allows broadcasters to immediately capture footage and stream directly to the newsroom for airing with only a backpack on hand. Furthermore, this allows these broadcasters to ‘get in and get out’ quickly should situations be difficult or dangerous,” says Mark Chertkow, Managing Director at Graphic Image Technologies. TVU One incorporates a number of industry-leading features in its all-in-one compact design, including: • Most powerful small form factor IP video transmitter available TVUPack has long been the industry benchmark in transmission resiliency, low latency performance and picture quality, and TVU One continues as the standard bearer for cellular ENG transmitters. Even with a 90% reduction in physical size, TVU made no compromises in the performance and capabilities of TVU One, which has the same powerful technologies found in the normal sized TVUPack, including TVU’s patented IS+ (Inverse Statmux+) transmission protocol, Smart VBR technology and the TVU.264 video codec. TVU One is able to deliver full High Definition (HD) video with sub-second latency. • Smaller and lighter Weighing a mere 0.77 kilograms, the TVU One transmitter fits easily in the average person’s hand (16.43cm high x 12.06cm wide x 6.60cm deep). TVU One will come in backpack and belt-mount configurations for ease-of-use in the field. The unit is an all- in-one solution that includes an embedded battery as well as embedded LTE modems, Wi-Fi, and hotspot. Additionally, any Wi-Fi ready wireless camera can connect wirelessly to TVU One for untethered HD quality live transmission. • Plug and play compatibility with multiple IP connections TVU One is the most versatile IP newsgathering transmitter available, and comes standard with up to six embedded LTE modems. The solution can transmit simultaneously over up to ten connections, including cellular, Microwave, MIMO Microwave Mesh, Ka-band and Ku-band satellite, BGAN, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet. Connections can be added or dropped without interrupting transmission. • Internal Battery and Low Power Consumption TVU One comes standard with an internal rechargeable battery that delivers 80 minutes of use. TVU One is also compatible with external BP-U, gold mount and v- mount batteries to extend battery life. TVU One also delivers ultra-low power consumption, and is as much as 70% more efficient than previous TVU transmitters. • Powerful Real-Time Store and Forward TVU One has dual encoders to enable simultaneous live streaming and recording, and can record up to 14 hours of full HD footage. Additionally, TVU has introduced its new Real-Time HD File Transfer functionality that ensures TVU One delivers a HD quality error-free video clip to the studio in real-time without needing to wait until the clip is fully recorded on the transmitter. This ensures that high quality video production clips can be sent to the studio for editing in as little time possible. • Simple Worry-Free Operation TVU pioneered the one button operation in a portable newsgathering backpack, and TVU One carries on that tradition. The system requires no in-field configuration, and boots up in less than 20 seconds with just the push of a button. • Touch Screen Controls In addition to its remote control functionality, TVU One introduces simple, easy-to-use 3.5 inch LCD touchscreen controls that provide video preview, system status and fine grained control over each transmission. About TVU Networks Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, TVU Networks is a technology and market leader in IP-based live video solutions. TVU’s solutions help transform broadcasters’ SDI-based video acquisition, transmission, routing, distribution and management operations to an IP-based infrastructure. TVU serves customers of all sizes in more than 80 countries from industries that include news broadcast, web streaming, law enforcement, sports, corporate and government. In broadcast markets around the world including the USA, China and other major economic powers, TVU is the dominant market leader with more than half of all news broadcast stations using its IP video solutions, which includes TVUPack, the award-winning mobile live cellular uplink solution and TVU Grid, the award-winning IP video switching, routing and distribution solution. TVU Networks is a pioneer in IP video technology and is leading the way in helping organisations looking to transition to a predominantly IP-based infrastructure. Many of the largest news broadcast station groups in the world have deployed TVU Grid and are leveraging it in their existing workflow infrastructures. More information about TVU Networks can be found at www.tvunetworks.com. About Graphic Image Technologies Graphic Image Technologies (GIT) was founded in 1991 and is a specialist in broadcast video compression and technology, remote CCTV and control room technologies as well as in security. The company’s offerings include high resolution CCTV, live video, video analytics, thermal 4k cameras, alarm and remote monitoring solutions for transport and logistics, retail, industrial, manufacturing and other industries where the safety and security of property and vehicles are critical. GIT is an authorised distributor of SerVision, DVTEL, Harmonic, TVU Networks, Playbox, Astro, Optibase and Actus. All solutions are designed to leverage standard wide area networking technologies such as GSM, ADSL, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, fibre, satellite and DIGINET. For more information, visit www.git.co.za or follow them on Twitter and Facebook. Editorial contacts: Graphic Image Technologies Mark Chertkow Managing Director Tel: 011 483 0333 Email: markc@git.co.za Evolution PR Lesley Rencontre Tel: 011 462 0679 Email: lesley@evolutionpr.co.za