IBC 2014

TVU Networks Unveils TVU Grid Enhancement

TVU Networks has introduced the next generation of its TVU Grid IP video switching, routing and distribution solution at IBC 2014. The new version of TVU Grid delivers greater flexibility, […]

PLAYOUT

Frontline, TVU Networks Partner On IP News Trucks

TECH SPOTLIGHT

Next-Gen IP ENG Makes Use Of Multiple Links

With bonded cellular now a widely accepted ENG tool, vendors will show new gear at NAB that is smaller and lighter and enables broadcasters to use other communications links like Ka-Band satellite to enhance the reliability and performance and reduce latency.

NFL Goes With TVU For Bonded Cellular Tech

TVU Grid 2.0 Adds Multiplatform Features

TVU Networks’ IP-based video switching, routing and distribution solution is updated with a slew of features, including the ability to deliver a return video feed directly to a bonded cellular TVU Pack and to encode video streams to multiple formats.

Gray Television Launching New TVU Grid

Gray Television is rolling out TVU Grid, a cloud-based, real-time IP video distribution, switching and routing solution that lets networks and station groups share live content from multiple remote locations.

TECH SPOLIGHT

NAB To Reveal Bonded Cellular Advances

The makers of the newsgathering technology are beefing up reliability as well as adding satellite capability, improving the interface between the cellular packs and cameras and enhancing control of the packs from the field or the station. It will all be on display at next month’s NAB Show.

Sony Latin America To Sell TVU ENG Solution

Portable live electronic newsgathering solutions company TVU Networks announced Monday that its TVUPack family of live video and audio transmission products will be distributed in the Latin America professional broadcast […]

TECH SPOTLIGHT

Bonded Cellular Met The Challenge Of Sandy

When the hurricane devastated the coastal areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in October, broadcasters turned to the cellphone-based technology to get live feeds back to the stations when microwave or satellite delivery systems wouldn’t work. “It continues to improve,” says CBS’s David Friend. “The delays are less, the signals are better, there’s less dropout. When we took the risk of using this technology very early on, it was hit and miss. Now we are more confident in its stability and its performance. We view it as an essential tool in our newsgathering efforts.”

TVU Networks Teams Up With JVC, Sony

TVU Network and JVC are partnering to give broadcasters camcorders with integrated cellular ENG capability, the companies announced today. The package combines the TVUPack Mini cellular ENG system with the […]

GEARING UP FOR NAB: CELLULAR ENG

Bonded Cellular Is ENG’s Next Frontier

Six companies — LiveU, Dejero, TVU Networks, Streambox, Teradek and DSI RF Systems — have emerged as pioneers on the cellular video frontier. A seventh, Vislink, is about to enter the market. Each manufactures a portable device that uses AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile air cards to produce a signal capable of transmitting high-quality pictures.

Gray Deploying TVU Networks IP ENG Units

Gray Television is deploying the TVUPack for sending back news video from the field via cellular networks and WiFi and WiMax links at all 36 of its stations, said TVU […]

DMA 44 (OKLAHOMA CITY)

TVUPack Lets KSBI Deliver Live Coverage

Family Broadcasting’s independent KSBI Oklahoma City (DMA 44) has deployed TVU Networks’ TVUPack to broadcast live with professional-quality video from virtually any location. In late 2010 adjusted its programming strategy […]

TVU Brings Mobile HD Solutions Into The Cloud

TVU Networks, a supplier of electronic news gathering broadcasting solutions, today released TVUPack Cloud, a cloud-based broadcasting platform that lets professional newsgathering organizations of all sizes capture live coverage of news, […]

TECH SPOTLIGHT

Bonded Cellular Technology Boosts CBS ENG

An alternative to microwave, bonded cellular technology loaded in a backpack is allowing the CBS O&Os to broadcast HD images in near real time from virtually anywhere. “This technology has made us truly mobile, on foot as well as in the vehicles,” says news chief David Friend.