FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards Live Streamed by
TVU NETWORKS®
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – October 1, 2015 – While the Radio Television
Digital News Association (RTNDA) has been honoring outstanding electronic
journalism with its Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971, this year TVU
Networks’ TVUPack® TM8200 mobile uplink backpack transmitter will stream
the entire ceremony exclusively for live and on-demand viewing at
http://www.rtdnaedwardrmurrowawards.org/
The event will be held on October 12, starting at 7:00pm in New York City’s
renowned Gotham Hall. The Radio Television Digital News Association will
honor national and regional radio, television, and online news organizations
with Murrow Awards. Stories ranging from investigative reports of injured
undocumented construction workers in Texas, profiles of families with
transgender children in Brooklyn, to late-breaking news on violence in the
Gaza strip have won awards this year.
For a full list of this year’s winners, please click on the link below:
http://www.rtdnaedwardrmurrowawards.org/winners/
In a first for the Edward R. Murrow Awards, student journalism will also be
honored. The RTNDA will present awards in each of three categories -- audio,
video and digital journalism. Unlike the professional Murrow Awards, which
are presented to a news organization, the Student Murrows are awarded to
individuals.
“With TVU providing live transmission services, we’re 100 percent confident
our live streaming coverage will be of the highest quality. Our online video
broadcast is a very important part of the event. It enables people who may
not be able to make the gala to see and be a part of this truly special night in
journalism history,” said Mike Cavender, Executive Director, RTDNA.
“We’re proud to be aligned with the RTNDA and firmly support its mission to
promote excellence in journalism,” said Eric Chang, Vice President of
Marketing, TVU Networks. “The Edward R. Murrow Awards are a prime
example of what the RTNDA is all about – honoring the nation’s top news
organizations for their compelling and often extremely difficult work. Having
our TVUPack live stream this extraordinary event for public, online viewing is
our honor.”
The award-winning TVUPack is a portable backpack style IP newsgathering
solution that enables broadcasters to capture and broadcast live HD video of
interviews and events over multiple cellular, satellite, microwave, WiFi,
WiMax, and BGAN connections. Using Inverse StatMux Plus technology to
ensure the highest-quality signal possible, TVUPack enables organizations to
broadcast live HD video from virtually any location in the world. The TVUPack
TM8200 is also available with optional integrated MIMO Microwave for
challenging cellular bandwidth environments.
The TVUPack 8200 also streamed the Paul White and John F. Hogan Awards
ceremony during the RTNDA’s Excellence in Journalism conference held
September 19th in Orlando. The event honored noted journalists Leslie Stahl
(receiving this year’s Paul White award) and Pierre Thomas (receiving the
John F. Hogan award.) The entire ceremony was streamed exclusively to the
RTNDA’s Ustream channel in real-time. The video is available for on-demand
viewing on RTDNA’s website at www.rtdna.org.
About TVU Networks®
TVU Networks® is a technology and market leader in IP-based live video
solutions. TVU’s solutions help transform broadcasters’ SDI-based operations
- which include acquisition, transmission, routing, distribution and
management - to an IP-based infrastructure. TVU® serves customers of all
sizes in more than 80 countries from industries that include news broadcast,
web streaming, law enforcement, sports, corporate and government. In
broadcast markets around the world including the USA, China and other
major economic powers, TVU® is the dominant market leader with more
than half of all news broadcast stations using its IP video solutions, which
include TVU One™ and the award-winning TVUPack® mobile live cellular
transmitters. Using its proprietary IS+ technology, TVU’s uplink solutions use
any combination of cellular, satellite, microwave, WiFi and Ethernet IP
connections to deliver live HD video from practically any location.
About RTDNA
RTDNA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to
electronic journalism. RTDNA represents local and network journalists in
broadcasting, cable and digital media in more than 30 countries.
www.rtdna.org
Contact:
Robin Hoffman
Pipeline Communications
(917) 763-8069
robinhoffman@pipecomm.com