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    • Adtelligence GmbH
    • Advantix Systems
    • Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    • Airbnb
    • Alphabet Energy Inc.
    • AppNexus Inc.
    • BIND Therapeutics Inc.
    • bluebird bio
    • Bug Agentes Biológicos
    • Codecademy
    • Coursera Inc.
    • Cyberdyne Inc.
    • D-Rev: Design Revolution
    • Data4
    • Dnevnik.ru
    • EcoNation
    • Foundation Medicine Inc.
    • GitHub
    • Jana
    • Kaggle Inc.
    • Kebony AS
    • Koemei SA
    • Lenddo
    • LiveU Ltd
    • Natera
    • Nest Labs Inc.
    • Oasys Water Inc.
    • OMC Power
    • Rethink Robotics
    • Second Sight Medical Products Inc.
    • Selecta Biosciences Inc.
    • SunPartner
    • SynTouch LLC
    • TruTag Technologies Inc.
    • Viki Inc.
    • WiTricity Corporation
  • Selection Committee 2014
  • Acknowledgements

LiveU Ltd

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LiveU Ltd

Video: Technology Pioneer 2014⎪Samuel Wasserman⎪LiveU

Samuel Wasserman,
Chief Executive Officer

Location: New Jersey, USA
Number of employees: 120+
Year founded: 2006

LiveU Ltd
2 University Plaza Drive, Suite 505
Hackensack, NJ 07601
USA

Website: www.liveu.tv

Broadcast vans transmitting images via satellite are a common sight at sporting and news events. These vans have some obvious limitations: they are big and expensive, and need a clear line of sight to the sky. Outside broadcasters would be more agile and flexible if images were transmitted via cellular networks instead, but a single cellular connection does not offer enough bandwidth to transmit in sufficient quality.

LiveU has solved the problem by inventing technology that can “bond” multiple cellular telephone signals. Its hardware has space for up to seven SIM cards. It can combine bandwidth from different cellular networks, any available Wi-Fi and even satellite if necessary, to transmit live, high-definition video.

First used by NBC at the Beijing Olympics, LiveU units have since covered everything from the Arab Spring to Hurricane Sandy. They can be used indoors and from moving vehicles – useful in covering events such as the Tour de France – and latency can be as low as under a second, much less than satellites. In crowded areas where networks are overloaded, resiliency can be enhanced by picking up signals from more distant towers.

Beyond broadcasting, LiveU units are increasingly being used in cases such as for crowd control at demonstrations, for special forces operations, and in ambulances to transmit images of patients to the emergency room, saving time on arrival. LiveU is working with leading camera manufacturers to integrate its technology into professional-grade and consumer cameras.

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