The workflow enables a customer to simply plug in a video source from an event, from master control or Network Operations Center (NOC) and send that feed to the Stream Station cloud where it is managed by Net Insight Nimbra Edge for distribution to customer devices.
Stream Station has badged the app Stream Station Connect and will offer it as a managed service for clients in a number of markets. These could include first responders: police, fire & rescue and government agencies.
Explains Pettit, “In event of an emergency situation government agencies can disseminate information from source and send it directly to members of the public. A police officer involved in a pursuit by car can have real-time information, such as the live feed from a helicopter, sent to them. A firefighter team can watch the live feed of a conflagration in the cab while en route to the incident.”
Other use cases include in educational institutions where large universities want to send video from their main campus offsite for health and safety monitoring.
Enterprise customers can broadcast communications to their employee’s via individual devices and to Apple TVs in breakrooms. With digital communications so integral to hybrid home/office and on-the-go working environments, the ability to reach 100,000+ members of an organization at the same time is a capability that far outweighs any video conferencing app.
Remote operations are becoming embedded in the broadcast and live events sector too. An operations engineer using Stream Station Connect could view the monitor wall of a NOC while off site. A live event producer could switch the video feed sent to IMAG screens at a live event, via the app, and while remote from the venue.
