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LiveU Launches Cloud-Based Video
Community Network Platform
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iveU, a leader in portable live
video acquisition, contribution
and management solutions, has
launched the LiveU Community
platform, a cloud-based network
connecting freelancers, production
houses and other service providers
with hundreds of top broadcasters
around the world.
Using its own management
technology, LiveU has created an
online news exchange platform,
making it simpler and cheaper
for LiveU customers to offer or
request newsgathering services
for breaking news and events
anywhere, at any time.
LiveU Community is a reﬂection
of LiveU's strategy to offer valueadded services to its customers,
enabled by its cloud-based central
management platform, LiveU
Central. Once the connection is
made between the broadcaster
and the service provider, the
content can be transmitted and
managed centrally.
With the LiveU Community, LiveU
uplink devices can transmit to any
LiveU server, essentially allowing
the broadcaster to use any service
provider's unit as one of their own.
Leveraging the massive deployment
of LiveU units and servers around

the world, LiveU
Community enables
LiveU broadcasters to
find LiveU-equipped
professionals in any
geographic location
and create unique
content at a signiﬁcantly
reduced cost, and much
faster, than sending
their own news crew
or using satellite or
microwave equipment.
LiveU CEO Samuel
Wasserman said: "Using
our technology, we're
proud to have created
an effective platform with
hundreds of customers
that serves as a bridge
between broadcasters
and the freelance video
community. The LiveU The LiveU Community platform networks producers
Community platform is a real
is so much easier and affordable
innovation in its field, opening
with LiveU technology and the
a whole range of options for our
Community gives us the platform
customers to connect to one another
to access the largest broadcasters,"
and acquire valuable content when
said Terje Næss, Press Photographer,
they need it. We've had great
Næss Multimedia AS.
feedback so far with new members
Wasserman continued: "It's a
signing up every day."
win-win solution for the industry.
"The LiveU Community opens a
Broadcasters can obtain content that
whole new door for potential clients.
ﬁnancially or logistically would have
Providing live content as a freelancer
been prohibitive, and freelancers

and service providers have greater
access to the world's media. LiveU
Community reﬂects our long-term
strategy to enhance our offering with
new value-added services."
LiveU owns the patent for cellular
bonding for remote news gathering
in the US and other countries. All
LiveU products are based on
this fourth-generation patented
technology.

Riedel Communications Introduces Tango
T

he introduction of the Tango
at IBC2014 represented a
signiﬁcant new direction for Riedel
Communications.
Our first network-based and
extensible platform supports AES67
and AVB standards, this new product
reﬂects the move from a hardwarefocused company towards more
software solutions. While we remain
committed to our existing product
portfolio, this change will allow us
to offer even more ﬂexible, open
platform solutions that deliver a host
of additional beneﬁts. By running
different Riedel software solutions
on the same hardware, users can
reduce operational costs, augment
their workﬂow efﬁciency, and create
more networking opportunities.
Together, these beneﬁts make for
more powerful production and
delivery environments.
We have always considered the

Riedel's Tango TNG-200

networked approach to signal
distribution to be the most desirable
option for today's broadcasters,
and in the case of Tango, we're
providing a networked platform
that can be turned into a ﬂexible,
cutting-edge solution for a variety
of communications scenarios.
We introduced Tango with its own
dedicated intercom application, "My
First Riedel". This powerful entry level
application turns the Tango platform
into an efﬁcient intercom system
that users can tailor according to
their needs, offering a matrix size
of 40 x 80. The asymmetric 40 x
80 matrix size is another Riedel
innovation, and it allows for a
standard premium-quality stereo
audio connection to panels. As we
move forward in development we
will release additional applications
with more features, thus allowing
the networked platform to be

integrated according to users'
speciﬁc requirements.
As an exceptionally flexible
platform, Tango accommodates not
only the particular requirements of
each user, but also the current and
future standards used in broadcast,
theatre, and live-event environments
- particularly live sports production
and broadcasting.
The Tango platform itself is
equipped with a high-resolution,
full-colour thin-film-transistor
display that ensures readability
at all times. The unit's front-panel
controls simplify the recall of presets
and adjustment of audio levels.
Along with powerful processing
capabilities, the Tango features two
integrated Riedel Digital Partylines,
two AES67 and AVB-compatible
ports, two Ethernet ports, one
option slot, and redundant power
supplies. The 1.5-RU system is fully

compatible with all of our current
and legacy intercom panels.
We created our new Pulse
software to facilitate conﬁguration
of the Tango platform and the apps
integrated with it. The software
allows users to access, set up, and
control any aspect and function
of the platform and its installed
applications, including the "My
First Riedel" intercom application.
We've made programming easy
by providing drag-and-drop
functionality and 3D views.
The Tango platform provides
convenient and cost-effective
access to advanced intercom
technology, and we believe that
it will change the way the market
approaches intercom system
selection and implementation.
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