{"id":60058,"date":"2017-07-18T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liveu.onpressidium.com\/?post_type=press_release&#038;p=60058"},"modified":"2021-08-01T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T02:28:08","slug":"enca-south-africa-selects-liveu-to-boost-its-breaking-news-coverage","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/company\/press-releases\/enca-south-africa-selects-liveu-to-boost-its-breaking-news-coverage","title":{"rendered":"eNCA South Africa Selects LiveU To Boost its Breaking News Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>LiveU\u2019s LU600 portable transmission units enhancing eNCA\u2019s IP live streaming capabilities<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eNCA-South-Africa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60061\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eNCA-South-Africa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eNCA-South-Africa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eNCA-South-Africa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eNCA-South-Africa.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), South Africa\u2019s largest news organisation with over 16 million viewers, has chosen LiveU\u2019s flagship LU600 solution to extend its breaking news coverage around the country. With South Africa\u2019s operators rolling out LTE, LiveU\u2019s cellular bonded technology offers a high-quality, reliable and cost-effective HD solution for mobile newsgathering. The deal is being managed by LiveU\u2019s South African partner Concilium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LiveU\u2019s portability and proven reliability were key factors in the decision. \u201cLiveU\u2019s robustness has already proved itself in the field covering recent events,\u201d said Sean Thomas, Broadcast Delivery Manager, at eNCA. \u201cWe find the unit very user-friendly and the management portal also lets us manage and control our streams, as needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas continued, \u201cOur live TV contributions are already up by 350% and we hope to grow this infrastructure further, increasing our online coverage as well. LiveU enables us keep ahead of the curve journalistically and technically; we plan to combine the new HEVC H.265 Pro Card encoder with the LU600s, enabling us to push through more live coverage in half the bandwidth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaal Eshel, LiveU\u2019s VP Sales, said, \u201ceNCA is the first broadcaster in Africa to deploy the new LU600, representing a key milestone for us. We are excited to see our technology helping broadcasters worldwide to enhance their live productions and we are committed to continue to provide high quality products and support around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LiveU is presenting its live IP video uplink services and streaming solutions at Mediatech Africa, Johannesburg (19-21 July), on its partner Concilium\u2019s stand, E17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Gechtman, Regional Sales VP of LiveU, will be speaking at the Mediatech conference. The Topic is \u201cTechnological advances in cellular based live news and event coverage \u2013 unique hybrid transmission solutions\u201d and will be presented in Presentation Zone 1 on Wednesday 19th July at 12:30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":60061,"template":"","post_tag":[],"class_list":["post-60058","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/60058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/60058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60094,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/60058\/revisions\/60094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveutv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=60058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}