LiveU Brings Ballito Pro International Surf Event Live to a Global Audience

LiveU Brings Ballito Pro International Surf Event Live to a Global Audience posted: 05/07/2018

LiveU provided dynamic live online coverage of the surfing event, in its 50th year, presented by Billabong

Ballito Pro, and its production team White Hot Media, have partnered with LiveU to provide dynamic live coverage of the world's longest professional surfing event taking place annually on the KwaDukuza coast in South Africa. LiveU's portable LU600 HEVC units were used to provide comprehensive coverage of the main surfing competition and different aspects of the event, including extreme sports and music concerts, soaking up the 14-day event's unique festival atmosphere. The event, presented by Billabong, was streamed live every day to the World Surf League website and Facebook page, which has over six million followers.

Roaming cameras with LiveU units were used on the beach, around the different venues, and even on a jet ski to capture the surfers riding the waves close up. LiveU facilitated more layers to the production with various multiple shots streamed live every day.

Greg Kitto, Producer, Ballito Pro, said, In the past, we were limited by fiber connectivity which meant we weren't free to roam around. In this 50th edition celebratory year, we were determined to bring more of the event to our followers around the world. LiveU's bonded cellular technology has offered us greater portability and reliability, enabling us to stream high quality video from new angles. The images have been amazing, enabling our viewers to experience all aspects of the festival online. We took the production to the water for the first time ever in a World Surf League QS 10 000 event and were able to show the beauty of Ballito from the surfers point of view. 2018 saw us increase our online viewers and attracted new TV audiences, with live feeds used by the international media.

The international surf competition attracts The World Surf League's top ranked performers, together with the cream of South Africa's men, women and junior surfers for the 14 day festival of high performance action in the waves of Willard.

LiveU Brings Ballito Pro International Surf Event Live to a Global Audience

Yaal Eshel, VP Sales, LiveU, said, We're delighted to have an important contribution in this amazing sporting event in South Africa. Ballito Pro has all the ingredients for engaging an online audience, with its beautiful scenery, music, atmosphere and world-class surfing competition. Seeing the feed from our LU600 HEVC streaming live from the jet ski truly illustrates the power of the live experience.

About LiveU

LiveU is driving the live video revolution, providing live video streaming for TV, mobile, online and social media. Let your audience become part of your story with high-quality and flawless live video, transmitted from anywhere in the world, through the use of our patented bonding and video transport technology. LiveU creates a consistent bandwidth and a reliable connection so you can acquire, manage and distribute high quality remote live broadcasts over IP. Our broad portfolio of products sets the industry standard for live video production. From backpacks to smartphones, and satellite/cellular hybrid to external antenna solutions, LiveU offers a complete range of devices for live video coverage anytime, anywhere. In addition, LiveU offers extensive cloud-based management and video distribution solutions. With over 3,000 customers in 100+ countries, LiveU's technology is the solution of choice for global broadcasters, online media, news agencies and social media.

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