It was great to meet so many friends of LiveCast in Asia this past few weeks. Enthusiasm is as strong as ever for solutions like LiveCast that fully leverage the capabilities of new 4G data networks.
Congrats to LiveCast's WiMAX partners for progress in network roll-outs...VMAX Telecom in Taiwan, and UQ Communications in Japan.
Our LiveCast team managed to support two live Intel executive keynote presentations, followed by multi-day trade show demonstrations, within a compressed 10 day timeframe -- starting in Taipai, Taiwan (Computex), followed on by Tokyo, Japan (Interop).
"Pressure's on when you're responsible for demonstrating cutting-edge technology live...Typically, 'live demos' aren't even attempted for executive keynotes," said William Mutual, LiveCast CEO. "But, thanks to a great Intel team and our local WiMAX network partners, we were able to visually showcase the myraid of valuable applications available with the LiveCast platform that fully leverage 4G mobile broadband."
At Computex 2009 in Taipei, Anand Chandrasekher, Intel senior vice president and general manager for the company's Ultra Mobility Group, demonstrated the ability for a few friends to just "show up and shoot" a live Webcast production using the new LiveCast Lightning VJ application. Four participants using Netbooks and MIDs to stream live video from their own "point of view"-- from the audience, on stage, and back stage, with less than a second latency, were mixed into a single live feed displayed on a large screen. The location of each broadcast stream was tracked on a map in real-time. (Read full press release)
"LiveCast's video streaming solutions represent one of the most innovative and exciting applications for our target market segments and is an excellent way to show the potential usages of the MID and Netbook device categories."
Pankaj Kedia, director of global ecosystem programs in Intel's ultra mobility group.
The launch of UQ Communications new WiMAX network was celebrated at an exclusive press event where Intel executive, Sean Maloney, executive vice president of Intel Corporation and chief sales and marketing officer, kicked off the event with a live demo of LiveCast streaming live video from Netbooks in vehicles driving around Tokyo. A large map displayed to the audience the real-time location of each vehicle, along with a live video feed, their speed and direction.
Exciting news going forward: UQ Communications plan a nationwide expansion of UQ WiMAX service in Japan, with the commitment to provide WiMAX coverage to 90 percent of the country by 2012.
