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Net Insight US$1M
METCO Network Deal

SWE: Net Insight's partner Middle
East Telecommunications Company
(METCO) has signed an agreement
with a customer in the Middle
East for a new nationwide media
network based on Nimbra solution.
The new network provides HD
and
UHD/4K
uncompressed
contribution capabilities covering
multiple locations. To ensure highquality viewer experience, METCO
will use a range of Net Insight's
Nimbra products for multi-purpose
transport, media acceleration and
professional IP media transport.
Product delivery was scheduled
to take place during the second
quarter of 2020.

AJA Helps Korean
Educational Channel

KOR / USA: During lockdown
Korea's Educational Broadcasting
System
(EBS)
has
been
transformed into the new digital
classroom. The organisation,
which is responsible for delivering
informative
and
educational
content, is making its content
accessible to local children daily on
the EBS Learning YouTube Channel.
Each live stream is powered by an
AJA HELO H.264 streaming and
recording device.
This channel gives students the
tools they need to remain engaged,
inspired and educated until public
schooling resumes.

Hitachi HDTV Cameras
Score For UNA

USA: The University of North
Alabama
(UNA)
Athletics
department
upgraded
and
expanded its video production
capabilities in preparation for
ESPN+ streaming broadcasts.
Purchasing
four
Z-HD5000
HDTV cameras from Hitachi
Kokusai helped meet the goals
of a significant overhaul of the
Athletics department's production
operations. The department also
commissioned the build of a mobile
production trailer, which spends
most of its time in the basketball
and volleyball gymnasium - known
as Flowers Hall - but moves to
other venues as needed.

Virtual Operations Powers
Kenyan Kids Network

tarting a television
network is not for the
faint of heart. Launching one
during a global pandemic as
a start-up in a country with
frequent power outages
takes 'guts' to another level.
Yet, that's exactly what
founders Jeff Schon and
Jesse Soleil did with the
New York City and Nairobibased Akili Network.
Kenya's first 24/7, free-toair educational kids network
Akili Kids! launched at the
end of March.
Schon (CEO) and Soleil (President)
moved from the U.S. to live full time in
Nairobi. The company's CTO, Vincent
Grosso, steers the technology direction
for the start-up from upstate New York

"Cloud2TV was designed,
as our operations were, as
a virtual remote operation
from its inception," said
Grosso. "The data centre
in Nairobi where our
Cloud2TV server is located,
has power and Internet
outages, and it can be 58
hops from our New York
City office. The command
and control functions of
the PlayBox Neo platform
use little bandwidth and
set the server to work
autonomously for days
Akili Network founders Jeff Schon and Jesse Soleil or weeks at a time if
necessary."
and Manhattan.
Akili Kids! broadcasts a mix of
Akili selected the Cloud2TV virtual
channel playout system from PlayBox programming for the country's schoolage and pre-school children.
Neo.

Mobile Viewpoint Announces
5G Live Streaming Unit

obile Viewpoint has announced
the launch of its Agile AirLink
Ultra 5G mobile encoder.
This new compact sized world
leading 12G SDI 5G mobile encoder
is capable of delivering true UHD
with 50/60 frames-per-second that
can support a mixture of 3G, 4G and
now up to four 5G SIMs which can
be bonded for high bandwidth, low
latency and extreme reliability.
The Ultra 5G encoder offers features
such as a Wi-Fi hotpot, eight channel
audio, true video return and an
Ethernet SIM enabled IP data router
via dual Ethernet connectors. The Ultra

5G can be used from both a backpack
and a camera mount set up.
Michel Bais, Managing Director at
Mobile Viewpoint said: "The broadcast
world is constantly evolving with
the continual advance of new higher
definition video formats, IP workflows,
and now 5G which is seen as a real
enabler for remote production and 4K
UHD workflows.
"As a technology company we are
constantly evolving to meet these
challenges and introduce new concepts
such as a single encoder supporting
multiple cameras, support of 4K, 16
channels of audio, synching of cameras

Agile AirLink Ultra 5G mobile encoder

and a return video, all of which is
better supported with 5G."
The Agile AirLink Ultra 5G is due to
be commercially available as of July 1,
2020.

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