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LTN Global appoints
Gonzalez Pack
USA: LTN Global, the industry
leader in transformative media
technology
and
solutions, announces
appointed
it
Pack as Senior Vice President
Operations.
video transport
has
Catherine Gonzalez
of
Grass Valley and Telstra Enable
Stan Sport to Deliver Live Games
L
ong-standing Grass
customer and partner
Valley
Telstra
Broadcast Services (TBS) has selected
GV AMPP (Agile Media Processing
Platform) to enable cloud-based
production and playout capability for
Stan Sport, the Australian streaming
service Stan's premium, live and ondemand
add-on sport package. Using
GV AMPP, Stan Sport is now
delivering UHD coverage of
premium live sports, such
as
the
UEFA
Champions
years
Catherine brings more than 20
broadcast
of
operations
experience to LTN. In her previous
roles at DIRECTV and AT&T, Catherine
successfully led sports and special
events operations, driving excellence
and inspiring innovation in sports
broadcasting through integrated
strategy and creativity.
Catherine will be building
maintaining senior-level
and
relationships in the media industry.
Her strategic vision and expertise
in leadership and communications
will see her at the forefront of LTN's
customer touchpoints. Catherine's
addition to the LTN team deepens the
company's commitment and focus on
providing customer-centric solutions,
support and operational excellence.
Speaking on Catherine's
appointment, LTN Co-Founder and
Executive Chairman, Malik
said: " The digital
Khan,
experiencing in the sports
revolution we're
and
entertainment industry brings both
exciting opportunities and complex
challenges for media organizations.
LTN is
at the forefront
of
this
paradigm shift, so we're excited
for Catherine to help us lead the
charge. Catherine has a wealth of
outstanding industry
experience
and will be crucial in assisting LTN's
customers as they navigate a new era
in broadcasting.
Catherine Gonzalez Pack added:
" I am delighted to be joining the LTN
team as its new SVP of Operations. I
am deeply passionate about sports
broadcasting and the constantly
evolving media landscape. I'm
looking forward to working closely
with the LTN team and its marketleading
media customers to continue
to drive the innovations that shape
our industry's future. "
League, to their subscribers.
While GV AMPP is currently
used by other customers in
the Australian market, this
is the first use of AMPP for
cloud-native live sports in
the Asia-Pacific region.
At peak times, Stan can manage
32 simultaneous live channels to
bring every Europa League game to
Australian fans, and for the first time,
key Champions League matches, live
in UHD. No physical
required.
is
TBS provisions
infrastructure
each
channel for the duration of the game,
while Stan Sport operators manage
each channel
from a customised
interface using a standard web
browser from anywhere with a public
internet connection.
The flexibility
tailored
of AMPP allows
Grass Valley and TBS to create a
highly
enabling
solution to meet
business and operation needs. This
enables TBS to create new revenue
stream opportunities by
Stan and other media companies to
innovate and deliver new customer
experiences.
Grass Valley and what we can achieve
together using the public
cloud
environment, our networks and their
software. "
As a managed service provider for
AMPP, TBS will benefit from futureproof
Grass Valley services and have
access
to the company's
global
customer pool. Greg de Bressac,
Vice President
Sales,
APAC, Grass Valley, said,
" Mirroring today's vast and
dynamic media landscape,
Stan's
at
requirements
traditional
streaming services. Working
in a hybrid
" We wanted a truly
cloud-first
solution to deliver the flexibility that
is absolutely essential to meet Stan's
requirements, " said Carl Petch, Chief
Technology Officer, Telstra Broadcast
Services. " We recognised
the
potential of AMPP when it launched
in 2020, and we've seen several
other successful global deployments
of the technology. We're thrilled to be
named a managed service provider
for AMPP and to have our first live
customer streaming in UHD. We are
excited about our partnership with
GV Media Universe (GVMU).
combination
environment
is a key component of the
The
of AMPP and TBS's
hosting and connectivity services is a
perfect mix. "
Grass Valley
is strengthening its
mission to support customers as they
transition to the future of media and
entertainment through IP, software,
and cloud-based technologies. The
GVMU enables
media companies
to combine on-premise, hybrid and
public cloud technologies to build
live production environments while
adapting to future demands.
AVIWEST's flagship PRO3 and AIR320 deployed
A
has
VIWEST, a leading provider of
live video contribution solutions,
that ADTEL, the
announced
company's
distributor for the
Latin American region, deployed
AVIWEST's flagship PRO3 and AIR320
bonded cellular transmitters for a live
broadcast of the 2022 national car
racing championship (Campeonato
Nacional de Automovilismo (CNA) in
Bogota, Colombia. Coverage included
both the race and qualifying sessions.
The AVIWEST PRO3 unit
was
installed inside race driver Daniel
Fernandez's car during the qualifying
and
racing laps, offering an
immersive live experience for fans on
his Facebook and YouTube pages. To
track Fernandez's location, monitor
the car's status, and communicate
with him in real time, the racing team
in the pit received a low-latency HD
video return thanks to AVIWEST's
AIR320
encoder
paired with
an
external QUAD CellLink active 4G/3G
multi-antenna.
" The AVIWEST solution enabled
us to flawlessly broadcast live over
4G/3G networks
at
hour. Moreover, it allowed us to
dramatically streamline our technical
setup, " said Andrés Rojas, Broadcast
Account Manager at ADTEL LATAM.
" With AVIWEST, there was no need
to install numerous HF antennas and
deploy multiple cables all around the
circuit, which makes things much
easier and is far less costly. "
ADTEL used six of the eight internal
modems embedded in the AVIWEST
PRO3 Series to stream live directly
to
social
media
platforms
over
cellular networks at 4.5 Mbps with
800 ms latency. With the AIR320,
185 km per
sit
the intersection of
linear and
they had two internal modems -
combined with the additional four
QUAD CellLink modems - for the
video return function. Leveraging
AVIWEST's two-time Emmy®
Awardwinning
Safe Stream Transport
(SST) technology, both field units
could aggregate multiple IP network
connections and dynamically adapt
video bit rates according to network
bandwidth fluctuations. With SST,
broadcasters can effectively protect
streaming content
and
support
the retransmission of lost data to
offer the best video quality for their
audience.
" For sports broadcasters, AVIWEST
field units offer greater mobility and
efficiency thanks to their compact
size and light weight. They can move
around freely and cover
sporting
performances at the highest quality,
including HD and 4K/UHD, with less
equipment
required, " said
Italo
Marinello, Sales Manager at AVIWEST
LATAM.
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