Global Invacom Group Limited Next-Gen Video Broadcasting System Tested over 5G
26 June 2019 - 4:00PM
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Global Invacom Group Limited
26 June 2019
Global Invacom Group Limited
("Global Invacom", the "Company" or the "Group")
Next-Gen Video Broadcasting System Live Tested over 5G
Singapore/London, 26 June 2019 - Global Invacom (SGX: QS9) (AIM:
GINV), the global provider of satellite communications equipment,
announces that Rai Radiotelevisione italiana ("Rai"), the Italian
national public broadcasting company, has successfully live-tested
mobile TV broadcast over 5G.
The Rai transmission system is a prototype implementation of the
evolution of LTE-Broadcast, specifically 3GPP Release 14*, combined
with Global Invacom's Bx-WiFi technology, to stream high quality HD
video to a large number of mobile devices via a Wi-Fi network.
The prototype was developed by the Technische Universität
Braunschweig** for Rai CRITS***, to demonstrate how
state-of-the-art mobile technologies could be used for the
distribution of public service media content and services to mobile
devices on conventional terrestrial broadcast network
infrastructure, meeting specific broadcast requirements, such as
free-to-air delivery, wide-area coverage and cost-efficient
distribution to mobile devices, without overloading the mobile
cellular network.
Integrating with Global Invacom's Bx-WiFi technology enables the
simultaneous streaming of uninterrupted audio or video content from
multiple sources, such as satellite feed, 'live' video, digital
radio or the Rai 3GPP prototype receiver to thousands of
current-generation smartphone and tablet devices all connected to
the same hotspot, for example at a sporting event or music
festival. The technology uses Forward Error Correction to maintain
video quality despite potential Wi-Fi packet loss, and multicast
technology to minimise bandwidth usage when a large number of users
are simultaneously streaming.
In simple terms, this means users should be able to watch the
broadcast without experiencing buffering or loss of signal. Unlike
classic video streaming, this solution does not rely on the
internet and uses little WiFi bandwidth, allowing other users to
access the internet as per usual.
The Rai 3GPP prototype was live-tested during the Feast of St
John celebrations in Turin. Live content of the festivities was
captured and transmitted through the experimental 5G broadcast
technology from the TV transmitter of Torino Eremo towards the city
of Turin. The received signal was then fed through the Bx-WiFi
system via which multiple different mobile devices simultaneously
viewed the content. Feedback was collected following the trial in
order to further improve and enhance the Bx-WiFi technology.
* The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a standards
organization which develops protocols for mobile telephony. Release
14 adds multimedia broadcast amongst other things.
** Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany
*** CRITS: Centro Ricerche, Innovazione Tecnologica e
Sperimentazione, the Rai Research Centre.
For further information, please contact:
Global Invacom Group Limited www.globalinvacom.com
Matthew Garner, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +65 6431 0782
Tel: +44 203 053 3523
finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Joint www.finncap.com
Broker)
Christopher Raggett / Matthew Radley (Corporate Tel: +44 207 220 0500
Finance)
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Joint Broker) www.mirabaud.com
Peter Krens (Equity Capital Markets) Tel: +44 207 878 3362
WeR1 Consultants Pte Ltd (Singapore Investor www.wer1.net
Relations)
Jordan Teo / Ryan del Agua Tel: +65 6737 4844
ginv@wer1.net
Vigo Communications (UK Media & Investor www.vigocomms.com
Relations)
Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson / Charlie Tel: +44 207 390 0238
Neish
ginv@vigocomms.com
About Global Invacom Group Limited
Global Invacom is a fully integrated satellite equipment
provider with six manufacturing plants across China, Israel,
Malaysia, UK and the US. Its customers include satellite
broadcasters such as BSkyB of the UK and Dish Network of the USA
and Data over Satellite providers including Hughes Network Systems,
Viasat and Gilat Satellite Networks.
Global Invacom provides a full range of antennas, LNB receivers,
transceivers, fibre distribution equipment, transmitters, switches
and video distribution components and electronics manufacturing
services in satellite communications as well as manufacturing
services in military, medical, and consumer electronics industries.
Following the acquisition in 2015 of Global Skyware, a leading
US--based designer and supplier of satellite antennas products and
services, the Company became the world's only full--service outdoor
unit supplier.
Global Invacom is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore
Exchange Securities Trading Limited and its shares are admitted to
trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.
For more information, please refer to www.globalinvacom.com
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