Livewire have been developing products for the broadcast and maritime industries for over 15 years and have the confidence of many large organsations. We have a comprehensive range of off the shelf solutions but if you have a requirement for a bespoke solution we have the expertise to evaluate your requirement and to develop your ideas into a working solution.

Livewire's M-Link H.264 product range can be used in a wide range of applications requiring the transmission of video and audio media. These include ‘one on one’ such as videoconferencing or star configurations such as journalists filing stories to a newsroom.

The configuration is largely dependent upon customer specifications and preferences. Livewire offer M-Link systems as very cost effective software only solutions through to fully integrated systems with BGAN terminals and all the related support peripherals for use in remote and hostile locations.

M-Link Integrated Media Station is an integrated system for the acquisition of audio and video and the delivery of live and store and forward footage. The product was developed for the Hugo Boss yacht before competing in the Velux 5 Oceans race and is now being developed for use on two new yacht builds.

The key features are as follows:

• The delivery of High Quality Store & Forward video for news and documentary purposes
  
• Live videophone facilities for TV and corporate interviews
  
• A video diary for recording progress and experiences during the race
  
• A method to capture dramatic footage even after the event has occurred – Crash record

Media Desk 70 was developed as the control centre for the impressive array of cameras and microphones on board the Volvo Ocean Race Yachts in the 2005-2006 race. Media Desk HD is currently being developed for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. It will offer HD acquisition from a new generation of on-board HD cameras.

Test Case Manager is Livewire Digital’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It addresses carriers and network manufacturers strategic need for a flexible, cost-effective and consistent test environment. The TCM provides the environment to test and evaluates the conformance of networks and devices to standards and protocols, and the performance and resilience against non-standard scripts. 

Using the TCM-IDE, carriers can quickly develop their specific environment to test e.g. all requirements for mobile satellite phones, or subject an UMTS network to the various 3GPP TTCN test scripts.

The Service Selector brings the growing number of communications platforms onboard merchant and leisure vessels under control. Designed around a simple, intuitive interface, the user can easily choose the most appropriate data connection from the comfort of their PC.

ISDN Integration Unit The ISDN Integration Unit integrates existing Inmarsat-A / Inmarsat-B installations with the Inmarsat Fleet terminal providing a common presentation of the services to user side equipment.