Case Study: Feature Story News achieves reliable HD live streaming from Cuba with VITEC

Feature Story News Streams Video of Historic U.S. Presidential Visit to Cuba Worldwide With Vitec Ip Streaming Solution

Feature Story News (FSN), a leading independent broadcast news agency, needed a reliable way to stream high-definition broadcast signals from remote locations with extremely limited bandwidth. Their challenge was to cover the historic US Presidential visit to Cuba and deliver pristine, error-free video to clients worldwide without the high cost and bandwidth requirements of their previous H.264 system. They turned to VITEC for a portable encoding solution.

VITEC provided its MGW Ace portable HEVC hardware encoder and MGW D265 decoder. This solution utilized advanced H.265 compression and Zixi error correction technology to dramatically reduce bandwidth needs while ensuring secure, low-latency, and reliable transmissions. As a result, FSN successfully made history by transmitting the first-ever HD broadcast signals from Cuba over the public internet with flawless, continuous coverage, even during tropical storms that disrupted traditional satellite providers. The VITEC solution reduced operational costs and expanded FSN's ability to deliver breaking news from anywhere in the world.

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Simon Marks

President