The market for broadcasted content has seen a new wave of demands, especially as the availability of IP and more specifically, high-definition video-over-IP, emerges.

 

For broadcasters looking to fill this need, Glowpoint, Inc. introduced today, at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, a High Definition (HD) two-way video-over-IP broadcast telepresence solution.

 

The new solutions offers better quality, more enhanced features as well as improved cost when compared to traditional methods for content acquisition which required high bandwidth solutions and costly satellite for remote video broadcasts to be successful.

 

Now, GlowPoint's new solution makes it is possible for broadcasters to deliver unlimited capture of HD content from remote locations on a 24x7 basis and for one fixed monthly fee. The solution is also an improvement over the previously required 45MB of bandwidth for service and instead utilizes only 2MB.

 

Targeting particularly news and sports broadcasters, the solution offers the ability to report from many more locations "Including in some cases—on-air personalities' homes, commented Michael Brandofino CEO of GlowPoint in a statement to the press.

 

"The Glowpoint HD two-way video-over-IP telepresence solution represents a dramatic shift for the broadcast industry. We currently see significant interest in our solution from eight leading sports broadcasters and various other news related broadcasters," also commented Brandofino.

 

According to a news release, the solution is being market as two products—'Team-CamHD', for sports broadcasting solutions and 'Remote-CamHD',  for general news broadcasting solutions and provides broadcasters with the ability to broadcast content like interviews and commentary from remote talent  live-to-air, via broadband or store the content for later distribution.