KVH Elite Unlimited VSAT Streaming Service for Yachts Expands to Eastern North America
09 June 2021 - 9:00PM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced today that the KVH
EliteTM unlimited VSAT streaming service for leisure yachts is
available now through September 30 in eastern North America from
Florida to the Canadian Maritimes, which includes the premier
summer cruising grounds of New England. KVH Elite continues to also
be available in the Caribbean year-round and in the Mediterranean,
Black Sea, and Adriatic Sea seasonally from June to September.
KVH also announced a plan to increase data speeds for the KVH
Elite service beginning in July 2021, with download speeds
increasing to as fast as 40 Mbps when using the TracPhone® V11-HTS
and up to 25 Mbps when using the TracPhone V7-HTS. Current download
speeds are up to 20 Mbps and 10 Mbps, respectively.The VSAT
streaming service enables people onboard to use their favorite apps
for streaming popular HD movie and TV content, music, and more
while at sea, on an unlimited basis with no overages or data usage
limits.“The demand for more data keeps going up as yacht owners and
guests engage with streaming content as a way to make their
yachting time even more enjoyable,” says Jim George, vice president
for Americas & global leisure for KVH. “We are seeing this
trend around the world, especially in favorite superyacht
destinations such as the Caribbean, Med, and New England.” KVH
Elite streaming service uses KVH’s award-winning VSAT antenna
systems, the 1 meter diameter TracPhone V11-HTS and the 60 cm
diameter TracPhone V7-HTS, and is designed for ease of use, with
simple over-the-air activation that does not require any hardware
changes to the antenna system or its belowdecks control unit.
Yachts currently using the TracPhone V11-HTS or V7-HTS are KVH
Elite-ready for activation. Seamless access to KVH Elite is managed
by the KVH Superyacht Group’s concierge service which is available
24/7. Yachts enjoy their selected V11-HTS or V7-HTS high-speed and
unlimited use data plans and the benefits of KVH’s leading global
HTS service when not in the KVH Elite streaming regions.KVH Elite
leverages KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadbandsm HTS network, which provides
global coverage from multi-layered high-throughput satellites in
the Intelsat FlexMaritime network with additional coverage from SKY
Perfect JSAT.KVH is a mobile tech innovator that provides
connectivity solutions for commercial maritime, leisure marine, and
land mobile applications on vessels and vehicles, including the
award-winning TracPhone and TracVision® product lines, the global
mini-VSAT Broadband network, and AgilePlans® Connectivity as a
Service (CaaS). The company’s KVH Media Group provides news,
sports, and entertainment content with such brands as NEWSlink™ and
SPORTSlink™.Note to Editors: For more information about KVH Elite,
please visit kvh.com/elite. High-resolution images of KVH products
are available at the KVH Press Room Image Library,
kvh.com/Press-Room/Image-Library.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries, Inc.,
is a global leader in mobile connectivity and inertial navigation
systems, with innovative technology designed to enable a mobile
world. A market leader in maritime VSAT, KVH designs, manufactures,
and provides connectivity and content services globally. KVH is
also a premier manufacturer of high-performance sensors and
integrated inertial systems for defense and commercial
applications. Founded in 1982, the company is based in Middletown,
RI, with research, development, and manufacturing operations in
Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL, and more than a dozen offices
around the globe.
This press release contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For example,
forward-looking statements include statements regarding the
expected benefits to KVH customers of the unlimited VSAT streaming
service; the expected data speeds over KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband
HTS network; the expected timing of the increased speeds; the
expected level of coverage availability; and the ease of using the
new service. Actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements made in this press release. Factors that
might cause these differences include, but are not limited to:
unanticipated technical and other challenges that arise with the
services; capacity availability to support simultaneous terminals
and/or users; unanticipated technical, legal, and regulatory delays
with the services; customer and strategic partner responses;
potential future changes to the pricing or other terms; and
potential unforeseen costs or expenses of providing the products
and services. Certain of these and other risk factors are discussed
in more detail in KVH’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on May 5, 2021. Copies are available through KVH’s Investor
Relations department and website, https://ir.kvh.com. KVH does not
assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements to
reflect new information and developments.
KVH Industries, Inc. has used, registered, or
applied to register its trademarks in the U.S.A. and other
countries around the world, including but not limited to the
following marks: KVH, KVH Elite, TracPhone, mini-VSAT Broadband,
TracVision, AgilePlans, NEWSlink, and SPORTSlink. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective companies.
For further information, please
contact:Jill ConnorsSr. Manager, Media & Industry
Analyst RelationsKVH Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401 851
3824jconnors@kvh.com
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