Sky Sports Selects the Mobile Viewpoint Agile R for Live Contribution From the Field

Sky Sports Selects the Mobile Viewpoint Agile R for Live Contribution From the Field

ALKMAAR, The Netherlands, September 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



Sky Sports News selects Mobile Viewpoint as their primary technology partner for their
national and international live video over IP contribution network. Sky Sports deployed 10
WMT Agile 2.0 R systems to facilitate the coverage of live sports news from the different
regions in the UK and international events. At the same time multiple WMT decoders are
added to the current WMT servers at the Sky MCR in London to receive all WMT live streams
simultaneously.



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The first deployment took place on the 4th of August celebrating the start of the UK
football season on 92Live day. Live crosses were conducted with all 92 clubs in the
English Football League and nationwide coverage was possible with all WMT systems in
production including a 12 hour live feed from a helicopter.



Mobile Viewpoint and Sky Sports News have been working together for several years with
international live broadcasts of live sports events around the globe. This successful
cooperation is rewarded by the permanent deployment of 10 units.



Quote from Ian Brash, Technical Manager of Sky Sports News:  



"Extensive testing of all the major brands over 30 months showed that the Mobile
Viewpoint range best matched our news gathering requirements. Their willingness and
ability to write custom software enhances our user experience and matches our unique
conditions. This is technology whose time has come."



Quote from Michel Bais, Managing Director of Mobile Viewpoint:  



"Our cooperation with Sky Sports News has a long history with coverage of events
outside the UK from France, The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium,
Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Dubai, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh and we are
delighted that we are now part of the day-to-day live production of news."



On Sky Sports News:



Launched in 1998 Sky Sports News has broken and followed many of the biggest stories
in sport over the last seventeen years. The 24 hour seven days a week news service now
provides up to the minute analysis of all the stories that matter across the world of
sport across TV, on our website skysports.com and across social media. The news service is
also synonymous for its coverage of the final day of the transfer window, women's sport as
well as its in-depth reporting of the key issues affecting sport today.



On Mobile Viewpoint:



Mobile Viewpoint is a global player, focusing on the development and implementation of
solutions for both the broadcast and security industries. Based on their H.264 and now
H.265 HEVC codec implementations, combined with patented technology, allowing for HD video
to be transmitted over bonded IP connections. Customers include major broadcasters, such
as BBC, Al-Arabiya, Sky Sports News, NBC Sports.



Mobile Viewpoint is exhibiting at IBC, in Hall 14, Content Everything, stand F.21 



http://www.mobileviewpoint.com






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CONTACT: Note for editors for additional information, please contact: Charlotte van Hertum, Communication Manager c.vanhertum@mobileviewpoint.com, +31-72-7000502


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