APR 9TH, 2020
Alkmaar, Netherlands –09 April 2020 – Mobile Viewpoint, a leading manufacturer of mobile encoding solutions and AI solutions for live video productions, have announced the launch of a new all-on-one mobile camera system for live streaming.
As a response to many of their customer requests where journalists, reporters and presenters are being forced to work from home, the Trolly Live solution is designed to be a self-contained camera unit with all the functionalities required to present a professional live stream from any remote location.
With many global clients including broadcasters, news and sports production companies, Mobile Viewpoint has made its reputation designing and selling mobile transmitters for use in a range of live streaming scenarios. They were the first company in 2018 to demonstrate live streaming over 5G in conjunction with BT Sport and EE.
The Trolly Live is a new concept where the camera and encoder are self-contained in a mobile unit and is very easy to set-up and operate. The unit comes complete with a screen that can be used for return video or for an autocue presentation and includes IFB feature for audio return from a remote director. An off-the-shelf microphone can be used or can be supplied as an option.
The unit can live stream either directly as a web cast, for example directly to social media, or with a decoder unit installed in the broadcast center, it is possible to support live broadcast workflows where HD-SDI is required at the receiving end. The inbuilt H.265 encoder can live stream either via a direct wired LAN connection, Wi-Fi and there is an option to support multiple 4G networks via built-in modems. It supports bonding where all connections can be bonded as a single connection for reliability and bandwidth.
The unit can be remotely managed via Mobile Viewpoint’s management portal Linkmatrix, which is available free of charge to their users. From Linkmatrix it is possible to configure the unit and set up destinations which can be operated from anywhere in the world. The camera is a PTZ camera meaning it can be controlled remotely as needed.
Michel Bais, Managing Director at Mobile Viewpoint commented “The Trolly Live is the result of an urgent collaboration between our broadcast and media customers who wanted a live streaming unit for their remote workers, especially as many of them are now confined to home. They needed it to be easy to operate and set-up, and all the management and control had to be done remotely. But once the current corona situation has past, these units have a long term future with broadcasters where they can ship the units quickly to anywhere in the world where an all-in-one production OB studio is required for live streaming. It is agile, feature rich and totally reliable.”
Mobile Viewpoint are currently hosting a series of “soundbite” webinars on their technology including one on 14 April 2020 entitled “Best Practices and opportunities of remote production and live streaming in current COVID-19 times” that will include an overview of Trolly Live as well as a discussion of their Mobile App for smartphones. Please feel free to register 10.30am CET and 4pm CET.
About Mobile Viewpoint: With global customers including major broadcasters and TV production companies, Mobile Viewpoint has been global innovators in mobile live streaming solutions for Outside Broadcast and security solutions. With over 10 years of broadcast experience, they continue to innovate for mobile encoders for live streaming over 4G and 5G, and continue as a world leader in developing AI solutions for automated news and sports productions. Based in the Netherlands, customers includes BBC, Sky News, Al-Arabiya and the Premier League as well as range of law enforcement and emergency first responders.
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Charlotte van Hertum
Marketing Manager
e-mail: marketing@mobileviewpoint.com
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