LiveU

LiveU is a provider of live video streaming for television, mobile, online and social media. The company specializes in portable live video acquisition, contribution and management services creating a consistent bandwidth and a reliable connection so users can acquire, manage, and distribute remote live broadcasts. LiveU offers 5G 4K HEVC live streaming and remote production tools, including cloud-based management and IP distribution platform for end-to-end contribution, production, and distribution in a single solution.

The company also developed a cellular bonding technology for live video solutions, including the use of portable production-level field units and smartphones to satellite and cellular hybrid and external antenna solutions for those remote broadcasts. LiveU's technology and products have been used for covering events including the US Presidential Election, the FIFA World Cup, Winter and Summer Olympic Games, Super Bowl, US Collegiate Championships, and red-carpet events.

LiveU's video contribution and distribution solutions offer a portfolio of end-to-end solutions for broadcasters, intended to help broadcasters share and distribute video worldwide. This includes portable, production-level field units to smartphones, satellite and cellular hybrid transmission and IP distribution for video workflows. These solutions are also, according to LiveU, built to be used with 5G networks to allow for live video transmission from harsh conditions and remote locations.

The products offered by LiveU are also built to be rugged and reliable, even in harsh and remote conditions. And that is while offering functionalities up to 4Kp50 10-bit HDR transmission, 16 audio channels, and multi-camera support for four high resolution, fully frame-synced feeds. And LiveU offers a cloud-based platform for the control of streaming set ups and destinations for broadcasting.

Broadcasters that have used LiveU's broadcasting products and platform include RTL, ENEX, Sky Deutschland, Deutsche Welle, CBS Newspath, SBS, Shine TV, and Fox.

LiveU Matrix is a cloud video platform for sharing and receiving low-latency live feeds for broadcasters and others in order to allow for faster sharing on a given platform. The platform includes NOC monitoring and support, supports any sharing model, supports sharing from any physical location, allows for the set up of different destinations, offers elastic scaling in the cloud, and maintains itself to offer users capabilities as they are developed. This platform has been developed to help the remote transmission of live events and remote events and for broadcasters to respond to news events faster through LiveU's Reliable Transport (LRT) protocol for live video distribution. The platform has been used by TV18, SBG, NRK, NBC, CoxMedia, CNN, ENEX, CBS News, and NASA.

For live sports productions, similar to traditional broadcasting, LiveU offers the company's live IP video solutions intended to offer portable broadcasting without the need for cabling and satellite or fiber connections. This is in party from the company's Reliable Transport (LRT) technology, which is intended to deliver high-quality live video over public internet and accommodating the properties of cellular networks. As well, the solutions are intended to be used on 5G networks.

LiveU's product and solutions for sports are considered, by the company, to be capable of being used for main event feeds, fan engagement feeds, and as a backup to the main feed in case of disruptions.

For the production of live events, LiveU offers vertical solutions to help broadcasters reach a target audience and produce high quality live video. This includes solutions for specific verticals, including:

• Enterprise, where a user could use LiveU for the broadcast of conferences, corporate events, and training and education employees regardless of where the operations are located
• Production House, where a user could use LiveU to produce events anywhere and engage with audiences in order to meet business objectives
• Education, where a user could use live streaming for broadcast journalism programs, student run television stations, alumni events, college athletics, fundraising, and entertainment activities
• Government, where LiveU can offer government agencies the tools to deliver and share programming on a government channel, connect with internal teams and constituents remotely, and produce live daily briefings, press conferences, and government proceedings
• Public safety, where LiveU's products and solutions could be used to help maintain law and order, collaborate with first responders, and organizations at the local, state, and federal level for communication and broadcasting information to the public