InterDigital and LiveCast Successfully Integrate Video Optimization into Broadcast-Focused LTE Live Video Solution

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) and LiveSolid Media at present introduced the
profitable integration of InterDigital’s pioneering video optimization
know-how in LiveSolid’s reside streaming platform, yielding bandwidth
discount averaging 52 % with nearly no discount in subjective
video high quality in most use circumstances. The mixed answer offers
operators, broadcasters and content material corporations with a compelling use case
for LTE networks as a broadcast-ready platform for reside occasions, which
considerably reduces operational prices for broadcasters. LiveSolid will
be demonstrating the answer April 16-19 on the Verizon sales space (#SU6819)
in the course of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) present in Las Vegas.

The profitable integration was achieved at InterDigital’s video
processing analysis lab in San Diego, and relies on InterDigital’s
video optimization algorithms delivered within the type of libraries and
LiveSolid shopper functions. LiveSolid’s end-to-end enterprise platform
presents a spread of one-way and two-way cell functions to stream excessive
high quality reside video from the sphere. At headquarters, LiveSolid
functions allow actual time monitoring and switching of a number of
incoming feeds for HD distribution and live-to-air broadcast. The
integration permits LiveSolid’s high-quality streams to function at
dramatically decreased bandwidths, with nearly no noticeable change in
video high quality in most use circumstances. Dramatic bandwidth financial savings is a key
benefit for any wi-fi broadcast-ready answer.

“The integration of our know-how with LiveSolid could be very thrilling and
represents an amazing validation of our video processing analysis,”
stated Naresh Soni, Chief Technology Officer at InterDigital. “Dramatic
will increase in video site visitors over wi-fi and predictions that it’ll
proceed to develop drove our analysis into video. Increases in reside video
streaming makes a LiveSolid answer that leverages InterDigital’s
know-how very compelling for OEMs, operators, broadcasters, and the
more and more numerous vary of content material suppliers that proceed to develop in
significance.”

“We are very enthusiastic concerning the alternative to make use of InterDigital’s
libraries to supply broadcasters and different prospects the boldness to
reliably stream HD video live-to-air, utilizing a single premium 4G LTE
provider,” stated William Mutual, Chief Executive Officer of LiveSolid.
“When occasions occur, organizations depend on LiveSolid to ship high quality
video no matter location in protection space or community congestion.
Broadcasting video from 720p as much as 1080i decision with half the
usually required bandwidth means our prospects can preserve HD feeds.”

InterDigital’s improvements in video over wi-fi are an effort to
‘lighten the payload’ as video over wi-fi continues to signify a
rising portion of all knowledge site visitors going ahead. The firm’s distinctive
mixture of inherent wireless-aware video processing and video-aware
wi-fi design yields vital enhancements in image high quality,
bandwidth consumption, energy, supply price and real-time efficiency.

About LiveSolid Media

LiveSolid presents essentially the most full answer for streaming reside video from
the sphere. The Company’s product line options low-latency functions
for monitoring and output of quite a few reside cell streams
concurrently, together with HD video output. LiveSolid feeds will be seen
by approved personnel on cellphones or computer systems. Pioneering the
idea of DIY broadcasting utilizing a mobile phone as early as 2005,
LiveSolid now presents an on-the-go answer for breaking information, emergencies
within the area, legislation enforcement and for another occasion the place it’s
vital to see what is occurring within the area in real-time. LiveSolid is
headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with gross sales workplaces in New York.

For extra info, please contact: Jennifer Blome, LiveSolid PR, (604)
844-2263 or go to: http://www.livecast.com.

About InterDigital^®

InterDigital develops elementary wi-fi applied sciences which are on the
core of cell units, networks, and providers worldwide. We clear up many
of the business’s most important and advanced technical challenges,
inventing options for extra environment friendly broadband networks and a richer
multimedia expertise years forward of market deployment. InterDigital has
licenses and strategic relationships with lots of the world’s main
wi-fi corporations.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For extra info, go to: www.interdigital.com.