KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI), announced today that it is
introducing KVH YOURlinkTM, a content delivery service that fleet
managers and owners can use to distribute company-produced videos
to all vessels in their fleet. The company will be presenting the
new service at Nor-Shipping in Lillestrom, Norway, this week, in
the KVH booth, B04-20.
A new addition to KVH’s IP-MobileCastTM content delivery
service, YOURlink takes a process that once required weeks or
months of shipping time and the cost of distributing DVDs or flash
drives, and makes it nearly instantaneous. For crew onboard,
YOURlink provides immediacy and impact, with videos easily viewed
on the ship’s common-area TV and from the seafarers’ own tablets,
smartphones, and PCs.
For example, when major containership manager Seaspan recently
produced a video to emphasize the company’s dedication to safety,
it sent the four-minute media file to dozens of vessels via
YOURlink. “To get this video out to the ships would have taken at
least a month if we had tried to use conventional means,” says
David Kramer, director of procurement for Seaspan. “With YOURlink,
the delivery was almost immediate.”
The video, Seaspan Safety in Action
(https://youtu.be/yOJ-WcuQXKg), had a great impact on Seaspan
personnel, uniting crew at sea with those in support roles onshore.
In it, a wife expressed her deepest concern. “I worry about his
safety,” she said. “I count the days for him to come back. Even now
I put crosses on the calendar.” Scenes depicting family life at
home alternate with others showing operations on the ship where
safety protocols are strictly observed.
Other types of custom media files that can be sent via YOURlink
include training and procedural videos, corporate updates, or even
a personal holiday greeting from a top executive. YOURlink supports
all popular media file formats and durations, DVD-level quality,
and multilingual subtitles. Reporting features built into
IP-MobileCast enable KVH to inform the ship operator as to vessel
delivery status and how many times the video has been played
onboard.
“As we rolled out our core IP-MobileCast entertainment service
over the last three years, we learned that our larger fleet
customers were producing their own videos, covering all sorts of
practical issues,” says Robert Hopkins, Jr., KVH’s director of
IP-MobileCast services. “But they were stumped by the same two
problems that IP-MobileCast already solved: delivering the content
and showing it onboard. YOURlink distributes videos to vessels at
sea rapidly, and presents them in our entertainment space, where
crew already browse during their off-watch hours.”
To utilize YOURlink, vessels must be equipped with a KVH
TracPhone® V7-IP or V11-IP satellite communications antenna system,
and have an active mini-VSAT Broadbandsm airtime plan; some
playback options require an IP-MobileCast Media Server.
There is a pay-per-video cost to send the media file, but there
is no impact on the vessel’s monthly data allowance, connection
speed, or airtime bill. YOURlink fees are quoted based on each
customer’s requirements.
YOURlink is planned for release during the second half of
2017.
Note to Editors: For more information about YOURlink, please
visit the IP-MobileCast website. High-resolution images of KVH
products are available at the KVH Press Room Image Library.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries is a
leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communications
systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 200,000
mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles,
and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment
content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and
leisure. VideotelTM, a KVH company, is a market-leading provider of
training films, computer-based training and eLearning. KVH is based
in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and manufacturing
operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL. The company’s
global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil, Cyprus,
Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the
Philippines, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH, YOURlink, IP-MobileCast, TracPhone, and
Videotel are trademarks of KVH Industries, Inc. mini-VSAT Broadband
is a service mark of KVH Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective companies. Seaspan Safety in
Action provided courtesy of Seaspan Ship Management Ltd.
For further information, please contact:
Jill Connors
Media Relations & Industry Analyst Manager
KVH Industries, Inc.
Tel: +1 401 851 3824
jconnors@kvh.com
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