The project
The website was developed to provide live visual footage of South African wildlife to TV broadcaster National Geographic Channel. The show “Caught On Safari: Live” featured different places within Kruger National Park using an earthTV camera located at a watering hole. Having aired twice daily, SafariLive is now available 24 hours every day on an online platform jointly owned by earth television network and Aqua Vision. The region will be successively covered in future by about 40 more earthTV cameras.
The web portal is one of the leading LIVE wildlife sites. One can observe animals and get information about them but also book trips in order to experience the animals LIVE. However, the portal offers more than just Videos and LIVE images. Animal diaries, picture galleries as well as Trivia about the Nature which sharpen all sences and are more than just entertainment.
The technology
earthTV network’s revolutionary remote controlled WILDLIVE broadcast camera systems and the transmission via SatLink over IP make this possible without intruding into people’s life or the animals naturals environment and thus without bothering them. The vision behind this project is to bring the world together live on screen as it evolves day by day, hour by hour – in all its diversity and beauty.
earthTV network is a subsidiary company of Telcast Media Group GmbH. Based on proprietary technologies and patented broadcast systems, Telcast Media is a leading provider of unique daily content for world wide visual media.
earth television network’s patented revolutionary remote controlled WILDLIVE HD-TV camera system as well as the LIVE playout allow for the production of unique images both for TV – in HD and SD – and for the Internet. The system delivers a LIVE stream including LIVE sound in various bandwidths over satellite to our broadcast center. In addition, the video signal is being recorded locally.
On WILDLIVE animals are being documented in their natural habitat – however, earth television network introduces this technology also to other productions. The different formats include for example castings, LIVE moderation and promotional films. Read more about this at www.telcast-group.tv
For content licensing please contact:
USA: +49.89.208 066 00, sales@earthtv.com
South and middle America: +49.89.208 066 00, sales@earthtv.com
Europe and Middle East: +49.89.208 066 00, sales@earthtv.com
Asia: +49.89.208 066 00, sales@earthtv.com