ASIA-PACIFIC BROADCASTING

Earlier this year, Streambox, a provider of IP-based, end-to-end newsgathering and contribution services, journeyed to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. This was after the University of Washington-led VISIONS’11 expedition selected Streambox 9300 encoders, decoders and a full platform of video transport solutions as research tools to transmit live observations of changes in the seafloor environment, following the April 2011 eruption of Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, USA.

The expedition took place from August 11 through to September 1 this year, when the University of Washington’s 274ft Thomas G Thompson research vessel spent several days working 265 miles off the coast of northern Oregon to examine Axial.

The VISIONS’11 team deployed the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility’s (CSSF) underwater robotic vehicle ROPOS (Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science) connected via fibre-optic cable to a HD video switcher that fed into a Streambox 9300 encoder on the ship.

The encoder then utilised a satellite connection to stream an around-the-clock live video feed for majority of the three-week expedition back to the University of Washington campus in Seattle, as well as upload to the Internet for the public to view worldwide.

Ed McNichol, VISIONS’11 video project manager, said: “We measured the performance of multiple technologies and ultimately selected Streambox to bring on-board this year — which transformed the scope of our capabilities. With Streambox technology, we can lay the foundation for the infrastructure of future expeditions, and eventually evolve to year-round, around-the clock video and other data collection transmission.”

 

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