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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 6 - Issue 10 | October 2016

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Axon Power Connecting OB
Online Forum Launched

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xon Digital Design has launched
Connecting OB, an online forum
for those involved in outside broadcast
to discuss the challenges of control and
monitoring, and share best practice
and techniques.
In an ever-changing technical
landscape, broadcast professionals
need to keep abreast of newly
emerging technologies, standards, and
the complex workflows employed to
deliver the engaging live content that
viewers demand of live sports, news
and events.

www.connectingOB.tv is now live

The Connecting OB forum - powered
by broadcast infrastructure specialist
Axon - will address the most common
technical challenges in control and
monitoring for outside broadcast
productions, with a mix of topical
videos posted online each month and
open discussions across social media.
Key areas to be covered include 4K/
Ultra HD routing, control interfaces,
complex workflow monitoring, tailboard routing and video over IP.
"Through this initiative, Axon is
building an online community where
the unique challenges of live
OB production can be openly
discussed and ideas exchanged
to improve workflow," said Jan
Eveleens, CEO Axon. "Open
collaboration is at the very
heart of how we develop and
integrate our infrastructure
solutions, so we're excited to
be connecting together experts

The forum aims to address technical challenges

in this field and to see the results of
the group's discussions."
The Connecting OB website www.
connectingOB.tv is now live and
visitors can sign up to be the first to
see the new series of videos as they
are released.
The first episode, focusing on

Application Specialist Geoff Love

4K/ Ultra HD routing and hosted by
respected Application Specialist Geoff
Love, is published on the forum.
Axon invites anyone involved in
Outside Broadcast production to watch
the teaser on www.connectingOB.
tv and join the discussion via the
Connecting OB group on Linkedin.

Dejero Unveils Mobile
Connectivity Solution

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ejero, an innovator in cloudmanaged solutions that simplify
the transport of live video and realtime data across remote or mobile IP
networks, announced a new mobile
connectivity solution called LIVE+
Gateway at IBC.
This solution provides fast, reliable,
and secure access to the public
Internet and private networks while
operating in remote locations.
LIVE+ Gateway leverages its patented
network bonding technologies to solve
the challenge of reliable Internet
and private network access while in
the field. Dejero's unique technology
bonds multiple IP paths including
cellular, Wi-Fi, and satellite to create
a virtual network with the necessary
bandwidth and reliability to enable
bi-directional data transfers from
newsroom and production systems.
The new mobile connectivity system
offers five times the throughput of
existing solutions.

The LIVE+ Gateway solution includes
in-vehicle equipment, cellular and
satellite connectivity services, and
Dejero's renowned LIVE+ Control cloud
management system.
Easy to install, connect, and manage,
LIVE+ Gateway enables field crews to
research stories online, access media
assets back at the broadcast facility,
and quickly transfer files - simplifying
production workflows and increasing
productivity.
"LIVE+ Gateway represents a
revolution in remote and mobile
connectivity, that opens up many new
possibilities for production crews
working in the field," said Brian Cram,
CEO of Dejero. "Crews are able to
access newsroom and production
systems including archived media
assets, edit their own stories in the
field, and quickly transfer complete
packages back to the broadcast
facility. In effect, we are extending
a broadcaster's databases and

enterprise services to their
employees working remotely."
Since 2008, Dejero has led the
broadcast industry in connectivity
solutions to enable live
broadcasting of HD video
over bonded
IP networks.
The evolution
of
that
technology
now enables
h i g h speed public Internet access and
secure communication with private
networks. A simple browser interface
allows engineers to
monitor and remotely
configure the in-vehicle
equipment via a cloud
management system.
Dejero also provides
connectivity
services
that
simplify
the
management of the bonded network.

Dejero's LIVE+ Gateway Solution
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