BGAN for Broadcast Sending a reporter to an out-of-the way location has meant having to choose between sending a large amount of fairly expensive satellite equipment, or accepting very marginal video from a cell or satellite phone camera. BGAN for Broadcast eliminates the need to choose. Agiosat’s BGAN for Broadcast system fits inside a suitcase small enough to be carried onto a commercial airliner, yet provides good quality streaming video.
There are several things that make Agiosat’s BGAN for Broadcast an outstanding tool:
- Small and light: The BGAN terminal is the size of a laptop computer, weighs less than 4 pounds, and includes the satellite antenna, the satellite modem and supporting connectors. Coupled with a Streambox compression system, also the size of a laptop, you have everything you need in the field. Just add a camera and talent, and you have a full function remote system.
- Solid Quality: You can choose streaming media rates from between 128 kbps up to 512kps depending on your needs, and the equipment configuration requirements. When coupled with the quality of Streambox compression, this system is capable of producing a high level of viewing quality.
- Easy to Use: BGAN for Broadcast is very easy to use and requires no specific technical skills. Simply point the BGAN terminal in the general direction of the equator using the on-board signal-strength meter to refine the alignment, plug the Streambox unit into the BGAN terminal with a CAT-5 cable, connect the camera to the Streambox unit, and you are ready to broadcast.
- Cost-Effective: BGAN for Broadcast is very cost effective not only to acquire, but to operate as well. BGAN terminals start at less than $3,250; and the entire system with Streambox compression, cables, carrying case, etc. is under $20,000. You only pay for the actual time you are streaming video. Lastly, BGAN is more than just video. The same unit supporting your video acquisition is also capable of providing telephone calls and standard data transmission while it is feeding video. So it is in all actuality an all-purpose field tool.
- Agiosat Difference: Agiosat provides a unique set of features as part of BGAN for Broadcast. Agiosat’s Enhanced BGAN Service ensures no IP packets are delayed that might adversely affect the video. And as a full-service teleport with direct connection to the Internet, Agiosat can help ensure the BGAN video stream gets to the desired end location or locations.
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