Live-Broadcasting in Pocket Size for Everyone

Live-Broadcasting in Pocket Size for Everyone

UNTERFOEHRING, Germany, October 17, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

The 100,000 TV stations vision

- Cross reference: Picture is available via epa european pressphoto
agency and can be downloaded free of charge at:
http://www.presseportal.de/pm/23924/tv1_gmbh

Everyday millions of events happen on Planet Earth. In Sports, Business,
Entertainment. The big shows are covered by major television studios, but
the majority is not covered live yet. This will change. miniCASTER(R), a
pocket sized mobile live encoder streams any camera signal in TV quality
directly to the web and to millions of people. Any event is worth it to be
covered. Weddings, the soccer game of the Junior's 5th league in South
Wales, the opening of a shop, etc. miniCASTER compresses the audio video
signal before contributing it to the internet via 3G cellular networks, a
Wi-Fi hotspot, a landline or even a satellite terminal.

A powerful built-in battery enables production units to run the pocket
sized encoder without being wired for up to one hour. Perfect for sports.
miniCASTER generates an H.264/mp4 RTP stream with up to 8 Mbit/s and
1080i/1080p max. resolution, which is called Full HD. This IP-based stream
can be delivered by leading CDNs like Akamai, Limelight, Level (3), TV1.EU
or platforms like livestream.com, ustream.com and soon Youtube.

Profiles and settings can easily be changed via remote management and
also directly on the device. miniCASTER is highly recommended for use with
Wowza Media Server(R), the unified any-screen delivery platform from Wowza
Media Systems(R).

In early October 2011 the first resellers from Germany, France and the
USA signed contracts and are ready to start selling in their region. The
first units were shipped to customers in Malaysia, Switzerland, Japan,
Austria, Germany, UK, the Netherlands, Portugal and the USA.

Michael Westphal, CEO: "miniCASTER is a fine piece of German Engineering
and ready to change the landscape of the TV industry. I am very proud to
announce that miniCASTER will be represented by highly professional
resellers in more than 10 countries within the next few weeks and in our
online shop. I hope we'll soon see 100,000 TV stations powered by
miniCASTER."

miniCASTER(R) press area: http://www.minicaster.com/press

Contacts:
miniCASTER(R) c/o TV1 GmbH

Michael Westphal
Beta-Str. 9a
85774 Unterfoehring
Phone: +49(0)89-96-05-70 - 0
E-Mail: marketing@minicaster.com

http://www.minicaster.com

Source: TV1 GmbH

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