PSSI offers live transmission solutions to meet COVID-19 challenges
VAN NUYS, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2020) — With COVID-19 in the mix, this year’s Democratic National Convention brought a variety of new transmission and production challenges. To help deliver this historic event to viewers across the country, PSSI Global Services leveraged multiple modes of transmission to deliver hours of live remote content in and out of the production hub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Throughout the convention, PSSI’s services included providing live satellite uplinks for several of the most important remote speakers, including Jill and Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Bernie Sanders. The uplinks utilized multiple transponders of Eutelsat 113 West A, accessed through PSSI International Teleport (PIT). PSSI also provided coordination and management of several other remote locations via satellite uplink and LiveU. The company also partnered with Nextologies to provide backup IP pathways for the most critical remote feeds.
In addition to uplink services, PSSI provided tech management and multi-camera production services in collaboration with Patin Media Ventures and Gravity Media at the remote sites where Obama and Jill Biden were located.
Back in Milwaukee, PSSI had an engineer in charge and a Strategic Television project manager on-site to handle encoding and decoding services and manage the satellite, LiveU, Nextologies, The Switch and AT&T GVS pathways in and out, with PIT as the hub gateway.
“This Democratic National Convention was like none we have ever been part of before, and once again, our team rose to every challenge,” said PSSI CEO Rob Lamb. “Our entire industry has had to shift and adapt to COVID-19, and we are fortunate to have the resources, expertise and network of skilled partners to help our clients continue to bring live events to viewers around the world.”
For more information about PSSI and its capabilities, visit http://www.pssiglobal.com.
About PSSI Global Services
Since 1979, PSSI Global Services has specialized in the coordination, production and distribution of domestic and international programming. As global live event management, transmission, production and connectivity experts, PSSI Global Services seamlessly handles transmissions via C-band, Ku-band, fiber, IP and bonded cellular and provides live video, audio and data services across the globe. The company currently owns and operates over 70 mobile transmission vehicles — more than any other transmission services provider — based throughout North America, as well as PSSI International Teleport, PSSI Pittsburgh Videotech Center, and international and domestic C/Ku flyaway uplink systems. For more information, visit http://www.pssiglobal.com.