Transmit breaking news, weather, traffic and sports coverage from the field or remote locations at a significantly lower cost, and without any loss in quality, reliability or security.

Broadcast from the field more efficiently than ever before while preserving your investment in portable live production equipment. ZiXi’s Video Transport Platform enables broadcasters to:

• extend beyond their geographic boundaries to offer subscribers mobile and Internet access to video services;
• reach affiliates that would otherwise be cost prohibitive to connect - without requiring any changes in workflow or content formats;
• reduce the need for expensive mobile satellite trucks to uplink content;
• stream video feeds on demand from each site, as opposed to always on, allowing for more efficient use of available bandwidth.

New Solution
Teradek Cube with ZiXi Ready

High-speed 4G and Wi-Fi wireless networks have ushered in a whole new set of applications for television news reporters, live event producers, and digital cinematographers. The untethered mobility and convenience of using wireless networking has made live event broadcasts more available and affordable to all. In the case of TV news telecasts, for example, metropolitan and local stations have begun replacing costly satellite trucks with lower cost wireless-equipped video cameras, saving well over $120K per truck in the process. Using wireless networks, colleges, universities, and high schools now stream live football games, soccer matches, and track and field events directly from the athletic field, givingalumni and parents access to events they would have otherwise missed.

Yet with all its promise, wireless bandwidth lags behind wired connectivity and the quality of wireless video is often disappointing. With varying network conditions and sporadic RF interference, video over wireless reliability continues to be problematic at times. ZiXi’s groundbreaking video transport technology, combined with Teradek’s Cube line of pocket-size, camera-top encoders, is changing the game and gaining recognition as the highest quality wireless video solution on the market.

Benefits

Using intelligent error correction, real-time rate adaption, and end-to-end time synchronization, the patented ZiXi transport protocol dramatically improves video quality and reliability. Bandwidth utilization with ZiXi also increases, enabling video encoding at higher bit rates to achieve flawless broadcast quality video. Benefits include:

• True broadcast quality (up to 1080p HD) over wireless networks
• Works with 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi wireless networks as well as wired Ethernet
• Streams higher quality video over the same available bandwidth
• Highly cost effective compared to ENG satellite/ microwave trucks or backpack video encoder solutions; ROI measured in months
• Simple installation and configuration; streams through firewalls
• Stream over the public Internet or any private IP network
• Camera-top encoder mounting; compact, lightweight,and very portable
• Reduces or eliminates transmission errors, video artifacts, freezes
• Eliminates multi-carrier, multi-channel service issues with bonding technology

Applications

• Mobile TV news broadcasts
• Sportscasts and live sports events
• Virtual field trips
• Commencements and graduations
• Filmmaking
• Public webcasts
• Proxy recording

Technical Specifications

• Compatible with 4G LTE and Wi-Fi wireless networks
• H.264 L4.1 video codec
• 250Kbps to 10Mbps encoding rates
• HD video bit rates typically 2-4Mbps, SD sub-1Mbps.
• HD-SDI, SD-SDI, HDMI, and BNC (composite) video inputs
• Input resolutions: 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• AAC-LC stereo audio
• 7.2 – 24V DC input power, 2.5W power consumption
• Web user interface for configuration and control
• Low end-to-end latency
• Measures 2.5”W x 3.5”D x .9”H (deck of card size); weighs 7 ounces
• Compatible with RED-ONE, Arri Alexa, Panavision Genesis, Canon 5Dii and 7D, and many other video cameras