Citing a desire to boost live coverage of sporting events like cross country and dirt track racing in remote, often difficult locations, live digital sports provider FloSports recently announced that it has selected TVU Networks video over IP equipment to assist with its live, on-location video capturing and sharing of its sports programming. TVU gear, including transmitters and the TVU One cellular mobile units, will help simulcast, record and archive footage
   

"We are currently using TVU for both primary and backup event coverage," FloSports Director of Production Eric Helton said. "We've used equipment from other video-over-IP providers, but it did not perform well covering events like cross country where the camera has to move with the athletes across a course, which can cause fluctuations in cellular connections. In contrast, we found TVU One to be very reliable for this type of coverage, and we experienced better results. Additionally, TVU's customer support is superior to the support offered by other providers."

Powered by IS+, TVU's proprietary transmission algorithm, TVU transmitters can simultaneously aggregate any combination of bandwidth mediums including cellular 3G/4G LTE, WiFi, Ethernet, Ka-band and Ku-band satellite, microwave, microwave mesh and BGAN to deliver a reliable and dependable broadcast picture with sub-second latency, as low as 0.5 seconds.

FloSports consistently delivers high-quality, live and on-demand coverage to its viewers regardless of the sport or venue. "The flexibility and dependability of TVU products enables us to push the limits of traditional broadcasting," Helton added. "The technology has proved itself cost and time effective and works flawlessly every time. We’re thankful to have found them. TVU's solid performance strengthens our commitment to the FloSports model of remote production and IP video transmission. It is truly the future of broadcast."

"FloSports’ business model fits perfectly within the sweet spot of our video-over-IP technology," TVU Networks Vice President, North America Sales Matt Keiler said. "The sports they cover require remote production in challenging environments often without cellular or with unstable connections, with fast moving content, constantly changing locales, and a finite budget. We're thrilled they've selected our technology to bring reliable and cost-effective live video sports content to their millions of passionate viewers."