LiveU inks multiyear deal for CBS Newspath to leverage its Matrix content curation service

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LiveU and CBS Newspath have reached an agreement on a multiyear deal for LiveU Matrix to handle contribution and delivery of live content to its 200-plus affiliates and seven global news bureaus.

LiveU Matrix is a content curation service that empowers newsroom managers to quickly and easily give hundreds of affiliates unparalleled access to live feeds from LiveU units in the field and other sources without any interruption, additional resources or expensive fees.

“The change to LiveU Matrix is instrumental to our strategy of reducing our reliance on satellite and fiber technology, while affording us increased flexibility in our newsgathering and content sharing,” said Tim Gaughan, CBS News vice president of news services in a statement.

“LiveU Matrix also complements CBS Newspath’s current use of LiveU HEVC acquisition technology, giving them a complete, end-to-end HEVC solution that delivers exceptional quality, reduces bandwidth requirements and is managed through one simple interface,” said Avi Cohen, LiveU COO and co-founder.

“HEVC was a prerequisite for this deployment. LiveU offered a one-stop-shop for hardware-based HEVC field encoding and IP video cloud management to distribute high-quality live feeds to our teams,” added Tom Fearing, CBS Newspath director of technical operations.

Matrix makes it simple to curate content through one interface.

Users can easily search, filter, preview, and distribute live feeds.

See a live demonstration of the powerful newsroom tool including tagging and metadata insertion and the AI feature that allows broadcasters to search, identify, classify, and route objects and people at the NAB Show in Las Vegas Booth SU4810.

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