LiveU today unveiled its all-in-one production-level field unit for live news and sports coverage. The LU800 combines multi-camera production and superior video and audio capabilities with mission-critical transmission in a native 5G unit. Designed from the ground up to unlock 5G potential, the unit offers unparalleled quality of service and resiliency.

The LU800 supports up to four fully frame-synced feeds in high resolution from a single unit, using powerful IP bonding of up to 14 connections. The unit also offers the highest-quality video performance, with up to 4Kp60 10-bit HDR transmission for optimal color depth and richness, as well as up to 16 audio channels for high-end productions.

LiveU technology has been selected by NTT DOCOMO, INC. for live video streaming as part of its value-added customer services offered over its newly-launched 5G network. Japan’s number one mobile operator will be promoting a variety of LiveU’s HEVC bonding transmission products in a combined bundle using DOCOMO’s 5G and 4G connectivity. The solution offers high-quality and reliable low delay video streaming for broadcasters, sports productions, enterprise, government and other organizations.

LiveU was chosen as its streaming provider after DOCOMO conducted extensive 5G tests to verify the real-world impact of the next-gen network on live 4K broadcasts. Leveraging DOCOMO’s 5G network, LiveU HEVC bonded technology was proven to deliver super high data rate communications, lower latency and higher capacity.

LiveU and CBS Newspath have reached an agreement on a multi-year deal for LiveU Matrix to handle contribution and delivery of live content to its 200+ affiliates and seven global news bureaus. LiveU Matrix is a highly efficient content curation service that empowers newsroom managers to quickly and easily give hundreds of affiliates unparalleled access to live feeds from LiveU units in the field and other sources without any interruption, additional resources, or expensive fees.

LiveU are definitely the biggest innovators in the industry. To go along with the LU600 LiveUs newest portable transmission field unit for global newsgathering and live sports and events coverage theyve added not one but two HEVC Pro Cards, bringing onboard unparalleled HD or 4K video performance with extreme bandwidth efficiency. The addition of HEVC encoding lets you further optimise quality and cellular cost by having higher compression capability. You can get superior HD or 4K video quality in a fully integrated HEVC video-bonding solution. LiveU are on their UK Distributors stand Garland K08.

Sky News, leading UK TV and online news provider, has once again turned to the market-leading video-over-cellular company LiveU to provide all-embracing live coverage of the UK General Election, which will be held on June 8th. Crucial to the order is the companys ability to supply a very high volume of portable transmission units at short notice. LiveUs UK partner Garland Partners is again overseeing this complex project.

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LiveU is leading the live video revolution, providing live video streaming for broadcast, mobile, online and social media platforms.

LiveU covered every mile of the road to U.S. Election Day 2016 culminating with record-breaking numbers for the company on Election Day: 1,800 portable transmission packs in use, nearly 8,000 hours of streaming, and 212 equipment rentals. LiveU played a central role in bringing the most comprehensive Election 2016 coverage to the 71 million viewers tuned in around the world. LiveU has been the solution of choice for top global and national broadcast TV and online outlets and Election 2016 confirmed how valuable the LiveU platform is for high profile news events. The LiveU Central management portal proved to be mission critical on Election Night, supporting more than 1,200 simultaneous streams and managing 17 Terabytes of data.

Highlighting the growing reach of LiveUs solutions, the company is pleased to announce that its technology is being used as a key part of a trial to bring the reality of modern sustainable fishing to a far wider audience by Norwegian company Hermes. The LiveU technology was supplied by LiveUs regional partner Mediability (formerly AVIT Systems).

LiveU is pleased to announce that Swedish communications company Spocks Family, which specialises in storytelling for video production, turned to LiveU to bring the complete 2016 TILL Swimrun World Championship live in high quality to online viewers. The LiveU technology and support was provided by Mediability (formerly AVIT Systems). 

With the opening of the Facebook Live API, brands can now live stream video content directly to Facebook using high-quality production equipment. This has been extremely important to broadcasters and video content creators that want to deliver non-stop live video coverage to the Facebook community. LiveU, a pioneer in live streaming technology, has created a new plug and play live streaming bonding solution that connects automatically to Facebook, enabling broadcasters and content creators to deliver rock-solid, highly produced video streams. The Huffington Post, a leading global source of breaking news, opinion, entertainment and community, and an early adopter of LiveU Solo, is utilizing the technology to deliver high-quality live video to a wider audience on Facebook.

LiveU has today announced that RUV, KVF and KNR the public broadcasters of Iceland, The Faroe Islands and Greenland, respectively have all turned to LiveU in order to significantly increase their ability to provide live content to their viewers. The KVFand KNR deals have been overseen by LiveUs partner in the region, Avit Systems.