Streambox to Highlight Streaming Media for Emergency Response
Mark Marchetti, director of broadcast solutions for Streambox, Inc., will be presenting at the upcoming GVExpo 2007 conference and exhibition in Washington, D.C. As part of a series of streaming media case studies, Marchetti will speak on the topic of "Streaming Media for Emergency Response" on Nov. 15 starting at 11 a.m.
"Getting live video reports from the scene of disasters as events unfold can be a logistical and technical challenge," said Marchetti. "Increasingly, relief organizations and government agencies turn to mobile video transport technologies, typically used for real-time news gathering, as a means to getting timely video and audio reports back to decision-makers for assessment."
Marchetti's presentation will focus on the innovative video technologies that enable field workers from local/regional government and relief organizations to get set up and start transmitting high-quality video reports within minutes, even when IP networks and phone lines have been knocked out. System flexibility, reliability, and ease of use are critical in these applications, especially because the systems are likely to be operated by non-technical staff. This video technology provides greater agility in gathering disaster intelligence faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost.
