A division of SeaMobile Enterprises and leading provider of satellite-based broadband communications and networking services, SeaMobile Europe, today a significant product update to its popular Media ClipWay software that allows journalists to cost-effectively file video reports from field locations throughout the world using satellite services and BGAN modem devices. Users, with this enhancement, now need only a camera and computer connected with Media ClipWay software and two modems to uplink video at 512 kbps guaranteed transmission speeds.

Marketing Director for SeaMobile Europe, Juliette Warter, said: “The latest release of the Media ClipWay software allows us to seamlessly combine the bandwidth available from two Inmarsat BGAN modems for improved transmission quality”. “Now, Media ClipWay users can capture, compress and send live video from anyplace to anywhere in the world. The video transmits at broadcast quality and at close to 90 percent less cost than using traditional satellite trucks while giving reporters increased flexibility to get even closer to the story.”

With an intuitive user interface that does not require any additional software or technical expertise to use, Media ClipWay is, today, the market's easiest to use software solution. Users either “live-stream” or capture video, select compression and choose transmit to send via their computer. Including xDSL, ISDN, satellite or 3G mobility and transmits 25 or 30 frames per second of video, the software supports any communication link. Among industry leaders, who are utilizing Media ClipWay in their news reporting are currently Canal +, Tele Africa, BFM TV, France 24, TSR, Skaï TV, RTS (and numerous independent journalists).

Media ClipWay software utilizes the Inmarsat BGAN modem that is light and robust, and has a very small antenna that weighs only up to 2.2 kg. Using the modems streaming IP channel, the software innovatively combines the bandwidth of two modems to transmit at 512 kbps. Media ClipWay, in addition to a professional media software suite, now offers a version of the software for non-media users to serve aid workers, mobile workers, field engineers, insurance adjusters, maintenance workers and even sportsmen.